It is not always a matter of wild ovations and legendary performances. Sometimes you are just happy to get through an opera without trouble.

I am open to everything.

I am a very simple person. In spite of all that has happened to me, I have tried to remain the simple person I started out.

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

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

I am a very superstitious person.

If you know why you fall in love, you aren't in love