Opera is a beautiful and important diversion for me.
I am open to everything.
The music itself could never take the place of my own passion in life.
The rivalry is with ourself. I try to be better than is possible. I fight against myself, not against the other.
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.
People have a right to criticize.