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

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

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.

I'm a perfectionist, and I always think that I can do better what I have done, even if it's good.

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

Some say the word 'pop' is a derogatory word to say 'not important' - I do not accept that. If the word 'classic' is the word to say 'boring,' I do not accept. There is good and bad music.

If I could live my life over again, there is one thing I would change. I would want to be able to eat less.