If I go three days without vocalizing, the voice is gone.

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 rivalry is with ourself. I try to be better than is possible. I fight against myself, not against the other.

If you see me once, you cannot confuse me with another.

It is not always a matter of wild ovations and legendary performances. Sometimes you are just happy to get through an opera without trouble.

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

I've been buying the same lambrusco from Correggio [a town between Reggio-Emilia and Modena] since 1965.