The press regularly proclaims my ambitions and my financial demands.

I feel at home in an orchestral score.

But I won't deprive myself of singing opera as long as my voice follows.

I was married at 16, a father at 17 and divorced at 18.

Young singers are much better educated musically, much better informed, through discs and videos, than I was.

With my personal preparation at the piano, I can afford to hum at half voice.

I will prove that a great conducting career is expecting me.