One of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating.

In opera, as with any performing art, to be in great demand and to command high fees you must be good of course, but you must also be famous. The two are different things.

It is so important for people at a young age to be invited to embrace classical music and opera.

I am a tenor buff. I hear myself.

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

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

You don't need any brains to listen to music.