It is so important for people at a young age to be invited to embrace classical music and opera.

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.

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.

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

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

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