I prepare myself for rehearsals like I would for marriage.

The public is a monster and that is why I am not eager to return to the stage.

When music fails to agree to the ear, to soothe the ear and the heart and the senses, then it has missed the point.

I prepare myself for rehearsals like I would for marriage.

ART is domination. It's making people think that for that precise moment in time there is only one way, one voice. Yours.

If I have stepped on some people at times because I am at the top, it couldn't be helped. What should I do if someone gets hurt... retire?

You are born an artist or you are not. And you stay an artist, dear, even if your voice is less of a fireworks. The artist is always there.