Some singers want the audience to love them. I love the audience.
Music making is the most joyful activity possible, the most perfect expression of any emotion.
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.
If you see me once, you cannot confuse me with another.
The music itself could never take the place of my own passion in life.
It is so important for people at a young age to be invited to embrace classical music and opera.