I think I've done a pretty fantastic job, but of course I want to sell millions of records.

Opera needs to be a total escape from real life. To relate to what we're going through today is fine and dandy, but it's really about being transported and completely swept away by a romantic notion.

I am always writing; if you want to survive in this business, you need to keep working, keep creating and never stop the output.

All humans realize they are loved when witnessing the dawn; early morning is the triumph of good over evil. Absolved by light we decide to go on.

I do not consider myself a guitar player. My father is a guitar player - I'm not.

My love of maple syrup. I've been known to knock back a can over a couple days: A swig here, a swig there, and next thing you know it's gone. It's a habit I have to stave off. I don't want to lose all my teeth.

Life is the longest death in California.