No matter how great we get with digital formats of instrumentation, nothing really quite duplicates the real thing

When I started studying for the arias it was like going into training for a heavyweight title fight

As you get older, your experiences become more precious. Nothing material is important to me. It's people who are precious.

I have friends who've tried to break into the UK, who went back with their tails between their legs. Fortunately I've had the opposite experience.

Dr. King is so inspiring, so impressive, so moving as a human being.

You're presuming too much by using the word legacy - presuming that someone is going to care.

I have to be happy in the here and now because every time you start focusing on your legacy you're really setting yourself up for disappointment.