The better voice doesn't mean being a better singer.

I am open to everything.

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.

One of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating.

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.

I am a very superstitious person.

If your body is not in shape to sing [from the diaphragm] you will push and push but keep falling back on your throat to make the sound. This will ruin your voice.