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

If your body is not in shape to sing [from the diaphragm] you will push and push but keep falling back on your throat to make the sound. This will ruin your voice.

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 a very honest world, our work. I think you cannot fake anything.

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

I am a very simple person. In spite of all that has happened to me, I have tried to remain the simple person I started out.

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