Every minute spent worrying about 'the way things were' is a moment stolen from creating 'the way things can be'
It's logical for us to sing, but not necessarily operatic pieces.
When you arrive at a certain level it's very easy to say yes: that is the moment to learn to say no.
Italians have no sense of the dramatic.
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.
I've always been a big fan of the American soul sound.
Even going to college, getting my degree in Radio TV and Film, as I was approaching the time when you have to decide on a major, I kept trying to figure out what would be the best major to enhance what I am doing as a performer.
If you cannot patiently bear correction, endeavor to avoid fault.
If I like something, I get it and I put it on.
Investment success accrues not so much to the brilliant as to the disciplined.