I think we could all be a bit more elitist.

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

A diaper is as inspiring as a drink.

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.

I would love to have a number one hit. The truth is if I don't get one, I'll be fine, but at the same time, the truth is that I'm dying for one, as well.

Places that have experienced great defeat experience a kind of rebirth, which I think America has to do - unless we want to get more decrepit. I don't think we have to destroy the place totally.

My cheeks explode when I smile. Thats why I have to look so nonplussed.