Should it happen tomorrow, I would fall to my knees to give thanks to God for such a career.

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

Don't you think it astonishing that, at 58, I am still working at improving my career?

Honestly, if the public still wants to hear me in some works, I have to go down a half step.

Singing becomes a form of therapy.

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

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