I'm a perfectionist, and I always think that I can do better what I have done, even if it's good.

I remember quite well that 10,000 audience sang with us three on the spot, and ever since then, I always thought the Chinese audience are the greatest audience.

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.

The rivalry is with ourself. I try to be better than is possible. I fight against myself, not against the other.

I want to be famous everywhere.

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

If I go three days without vocalizing, the voice is gone.