I do everything in the third person. Performance is about being someone else.

Perfection often creates such a flawless surface that there's no place for the audience to enter into a piece, while the idiosyncrasies of individual style are like windows into the singer's heart.

For years, I had no time for exploratory travel.

I would love to do more private concerts.

I have not changed with the accomplishments. I've remained the same. If I had changed, great. You know, but I haven't.

In a way, being an opera singer is like being a very romantic sixteen-year-old who falls in love with great passion and conviction every month.

Everybody's a work in progress. I'm a work in progress. I mean, I've never arrived. I'm still learning all the time.