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

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

Children should be given the chance to play instruments, to sing.

I am a very simple person. In spite of all that has happened to me, I have tried to remain the simple person I started out.

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

People have a right to criticize.

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