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

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

We all have a destiny in accordance with the breadth of our shoulders. My shoulders are broad.

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

The press regularly proclaims my ambitions and my financial demands.

I feel like a little boy who is constantly offered new toys.

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