If you see me once, you cannot confuse me with another.

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

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.

When I'm about to train a new opera, I first listen to how Jussi Björling did it. His voice was unique and it's his path that I want to follow. I would more than anything else wish that people compared me with Jussi Björling. It's like so I'm striving to sing.

If you know why you fall in love, you aren't in love

I am a very superstitious person.

The music itself could never take the place of my own passion in life.