I always do big birthday things. In three years, I'm 70. I'm going to do something outrageous. In America, everyone's always hiding their age.

I don't know anything about the afterlife because I haven't been there yet.

You know, my mother never thought I would do anything good in my life, and I was standing in this opera with four gold medals! If she were alive, maybe she'd think I was doing well!

The function of the artist in a disturbed society is to give awareness of the universe, to ask the right questions, and to elevate the mind.

Every party is the same, too many people, too little food, and you have to wait around. I'm extremely bored with parties.

When I was 14, I thought I looked terrible. I wore these typical Slavic shoes with metal bottoms so you could always hear me coming and this really ugly princess skirt and blouse with the top button closed. I had a boy haircut, a baby face covered with pimples, and a really big nose.

An artist has to look at the future, to see what we can do better.