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

If I go three days without vocalizing, the voice is gone.

The better voice doesn't mean being a better singer.

I think Beijing deserves the Olympics in order to be with all the rest of the world recognized.

There is no prodigy in our profession. If you see all the great singer of the past, none of them are.

You never know what little bundle of encouragements artists carry around with them, what little pats on the back from what hands, what newspaper clipping, what word of hope from what teacher. I suppose the so-called faith in ourselves is the foundation of our talent, but I am sure these encouragements are the mortar that holds it together.

I am open to everything.