I enjoy all aspects of singing and I'm luckily given the choice to be part of different styles of music.

People think top singers are overpaid, but opera houses have a top fee, which is a good thing. Of course concerts are different- everyone wants to make as much money as possible.

I think every singer should be able to jump in for a singer who has been sick, for instance, and learn an opera in two days. I know people who can do it.

Good acting is about being as natural and calm as possible. These days producers have such definite ideas that you have to be prepared to do whatever they ask.

If you have a recital to do, you have to memorize the songs. I never use music when I do recitals. It produces an instant barrier, both for yourself and the audience.

For three years, the 'Meistersinger' score was a ball and chain to me. It went with me to every city and concert hall.

I work on my voice through what I have to sing.

When I watch the Olympics I become such an emotional wreck. I've always loved the Olympics, be it the summer or the winter Olympics.

I started singing because I come from Wales

For the mountains shall depart

The Lord is the strength of my heart.

In our society those who are in reality superior in intelligence can be accepted by their fellows only if they pretend they are not.

Humanity is so constituted that the basest criminal represents you and me, as well as the most glorious saint that walks on high. We are reflected in all other men; all other men are embodied in us.

I feel it is obvious when someone has thought too much about what they're wearing.

The '60s aren't over; they won't be over until the Fat Lady gets high.

I love myself for I am a beloved child of the universe and the universe lovingly takes care of me now.

We human beings instinctively regard the seen world as the "real" world and the unseen world as the "unreal" world, but the Bible calls for almost the opposite.

Lightning will wreck its displeasures not only upon pillars, trees, and sheep, but upon altars and temples, and let the sacrilegious go free.

If you listen to [Donald] Trump, he's going to make sure we get our jobs back from Mexico, and jobs back from China. Now, he's mentioned Vietnam, we're going to get the jobs back from Vietnam.

The end of democracy and the defeat of the American Revolution will occur when government falls into the hands of lending institutions and moneyed incorporations.