Some people go to Berlin to get more cutting edge; I went and started wearing lederhosen and going to visit baroque palaces.

Life is a game and true love is a trophy.

I want to carve out a serious period of time to focus on the next opera without any distractions. And to do that you need money.

Mowing your lawn is against nature.

The moment something happens to one you love, it's twenty times more intense. You experience pain and enlightenment on a much vaster scale.

To me, songs come of their own volition - and with an open-ended philosophy.

I really do fear that I'm dying I really do fear that I'm dead I saw it in your eyes what I'm looking for I saw it in your eyes what will make me live.