The public is a part of my real life.
With my personal preparation at the piano, I can afford to hum at half voice.
But I won't deprive myself of singing opera as long as my voice follows.
Let us be clear: I take ten times more money for a concert than for an opera performance.
I am never wrong when it comes to my possibilities.
When I was a young man, I was a baritone, very far from possessing the whole range of the tenor then.