When I was a young man, I was a baritone, very far from possessing the whole range of the tenor then.

The public made me and then encouraged me for many years, and my future even now depends upon it.

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

I feel at home in an orchestral score.

On the other hand, I have devoted so much energy to reach the top that I accept the stress of being there.

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

To stay at my best, I have to stop talking during the preceding day.