Children should be given the chance to play instruments, to sing.
On the day I'm performing, I don't hear anything anyone says to me.
It is not always a matter of wild ovations and legendary performances. Sometimes you are just happy to get through an opera without trouble.
The reason fat people are happy is that the nerves are well protected.
I am a tenor buff. I hear myself.
The rivalry is with ourself. I try to be better than is possible. I fight against myself, not against the other.