To be an artist, you're basically a crazy person. You're extremely narcissistic and emotionally expressive. The idea that the world needs to listen to you is an insane thought.
Italians have no sense of the dramatic.
When you arrive at a certain level it's very easy to say yes: that is the moment to learn to say no.
Yes, you must have the courage of being free.
Everybody, even me, sometimes had to compromise on something, doing things we know to be wrong, and this happens doing whatever job in the world. But a singer must have the courage of saying no.
It's logical for us to sing, but not necessarily operatic pieces.
I've always been a big fan of the American soul sound.
I didn't care about anything. And there's a freedom in apathy, a wild, dizzying liberation on which you can almost get drunk. You can do anything. Ask Kevin.
You don't need others to change in order to be happy.
I take some pride in. . . representing myself exactly how I would like to have my son remember me to his kids.
If we desire rules to govern our spiritual development we turn back to the Sermon on the Mount.