When someone needs help, you help. Right?
I've always said that music is like literature.
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.
It's logical for us to sing, but not necessarily operatic pieces.
Private schools have been attacking public schools and really I was just a pawn in their game. I speak at schools of all ages on a regular basis.
Age is something that doesn't matter, unless you are a cheese. Age is strictly a case of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.
[A]s you partake of the world's bill of fare, that's darned good advice to follow. Do a lot of spitting out the hot air. And be careful what you swallow.
Only in baseball can a team player be a pure individualist first and a team player second, within the rules and spirit of the game.