I don't have the will for singing but I must do it.

Singing is a form of admitting that I'm alive.

You have to make a choice when you start to sing and decide whether you want to service the music, and be at the top of your art, or if you want to be a very popular tenor.

I want to be known by people who are knowledgeable about opera, who appreciate bel canto singing, people who have more sensitivity.

Today's progress, was once yesterday's discussion. Speak aloud, see it through, and most importantly believe!

The life is cruel death to me without you.

More of life seems to live inside us than out. Happiness is when you connect both of them.

Fighting terrorism is not unlike fighting a deadly cancer. It can't be treated just where it's visible - every diseased cell in the body must be destroyed.

We're asking schools to look at kids as partners in education.

Happy was she who could believe without seeing, who was at one with the duration and continuity of life.

People who eat with their mouth open should be punched in the face.

Your character is your fate.

Not everything is immediately good to those who seek God; but everything is capable of becoming good.

I thought it was irrelevant to talk about what a wonderful thing poetry was if you didn't teach people to read.