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

I want to reach as many people as possible with the message of music, of wonderful opera.

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

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.

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.

Opera is one of the most important art forms. It should be listened to and appreciated by everyone.

I think a life in music is a life beautifully spent, and this is what I have devoted my life to.