Learning music by reading about it is like making love by mail.

Music making is the most joyful activity possible, the most perfect expression of any emotion.

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.

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

The reason fat people are happy is that the nerves are well protected.

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

I am a tenor buff. I hear myself.