It is a very honest world, our work. I think you cannot fake anything.
On the day I'm performing, I don't hear anything anyone says to me.
Opera is a beautiful and important diversion for me.
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.
The better voice doesn't mean being a better singer.
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.