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

I want to be famous everywhere.

I am a very superstitious person.

I am a tenor buff. I hear myself.

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.

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.

People have a right to criticize.