The more hedonistic you were, the better...I very much subscribed to that as a young artist.

I've always gravitated towards opera, and the Royal Opera House is quite possibly the greatest opera house on earth.

All these poses of classical torture ruined my mind like a snake in the orchard. I did go from wanting to be someone, now I'm drunk and wearing flip-flops on Fifth Avenue.

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

I personally don’t have the ability to lie about my life, for better or for worse.

In the music business, to survive for so long, you have to be able to cut off from your emotions sometimes. And being a father, you're faced with that situation. I know that my father was, with me. I understand why he had to be distant, because to rip yourself away, time after time, is almost more devastating.

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.