Every three days on average, I am alone on stage, facing the public.
Young singers are much better educated musically, much better informed, through discs and videos, than I was.
The public is a part of my real life.
Honestly, if the public still wants to hear me in some works, I have to go down a half step.
I'm not superstitious because it brings bad luck.
The atmosphere of the theater is my oxygen.