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.

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.

I am a tenor buff. I hear myself.

I want to be famous everywhere.

I've been buying the same lambrusco from Correggio [a town between Reggio-Emilia and Modena] since 1965.

I remember quite well that 10,000 audience sang with us three on the spot, and ever since then, I always thought the Chinese audience are the greatest audience.

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