Opera is a beautiful and important diversion for me.

People think I'm disciplined. It is not discipline. It is devotion. There is a great difference.

The music itself could never take the place of my own passion in life.

As an art form, opera is a rare and remarkable creation. For me, it expresses aspects of the human drama that cannot be expressed in any other way, or certainly not as beautifully.

If you see me once, you cannot confuse me with another.

I want to reach as many people as possible with the message of music, of wonderful opera.

Learning music by reading about it is like making love by mail.