Learning music by reading about it is like making love by mail.

It is so important for people at a young age to be invited to embrace classical music and opera.

I'm a perfectionist, and I always think that I can do better what I have done, even if it's good.

There is no prodigy in our profession. If you see all the great singer of the past, none of them are.

Above all, I am an opera singer. This is how people will remember me.

The rivalry is with ourself. I try to be better than is possible. I fight against myself, not against the other.