I want to be free... free to develop my art.

It's not possible to be perfect - you can always do something better. I'm never proud of what I've done. Sometimes, I'm not ashamed.

Many people thought I would never succeed, because I am so Russian. So Russian, hundred percent.

I travel like a gypsy, and I didn't know how I could perform and be a mother.

The expression should come from within oneself, conveying the spiritual - something between earth and heaven. And if one runs, one should not seem to touch the ground.

I think often that God is guiding me.

It's a hard life... but if I could, I would do it all again.