People look to the future for salvation, but the future never arrives.
Criticism in good faith is good. When it's targeted solely to destruction, I'm not interested.
I have had the good fortune of being able to sing with many of the finest voices in the world, and for someone who loves voices as I do, this is an enormous privilege.
The world is full of many beautiful voices; I will perform with many of them. I love women's voices.
Naturally, women are drawn to a man who understands the subtlety of emotions, and they know I'm a passionate man. But the reason I try to keep myself in shape is so I can sing better, not to look good.
Destiny has a lot to do with it, but so do you. You have to persevere, you have to insist.
The feeling of an evolution is a constant for every artist who is pursuing the search of refinement and enlargement of hisher own means of expression.
If a guest in your lair annoys you, treat him cruelly and without mercy.
To develop political and economic power in a capitalist society, you need capital.
The only reason we really pursue goals is to cause ourselves to expand and grow. Achieving goals by themselves will never make us happy in the long term; it's who you become, as you overcome the obstacles necessary to achieve your goals, that can give you the deepest and most long-lasting sense of fulfillment.
The most important characteristic that has allowed me to succeed is confidence. I have always been comfortable in my own skin, and even when I was just starting out in my career, had the strength and self-assurance to ask tough questions and push for answers.