I think I'm making a difference for a lot of young singers.

You have to know exactly what you want out of your career. If you want to be a star, you don't bother with other things.

You go beyond 'I want it. I want to have it' - to - 'I'm going to have it

My real achievement is my daughter and my three beautiful grandchildren.

Americans can pretty much sing anything, whereas foreign singers are often limited in style, language, even composer.

Whenever you think that you are getting too big for the people around you, remember all that separates you from the guy sitting next to you is a little piece of gristle in your throat.

Ninety percent of what's wrong with singers today is that they don't breathe right.

I must absorb everything while I'm still singing and step onto the stages of my many homes, and look out at the familiar surroundings, at the people who have come to hear me, to hear music.

There would always be dishonorable things done to preserve the honor of any power.

I feel that the essence of dance is the expression of man--the landscape of his soul. I hope that every dance I do reveals something of myself or some wonderful thing a human can be.

Nature is a good name for an effect whose cause is God.

There is One unchanging indivisible Reality which, though unmanifest, reveals Itself in infinite multiplicity and diversity.

Convert bad news to good news.

These are things that I continue to enjoy speaking about. The woods. Boats. Greeks. I think the real heart of it, is really being in love with these Dutch paintings over the last several years.

It's amazing how fast later comes when you buy now!

During my sabbatical, I spent two years not listening to my songs at all.

Donald Trump, again and again, has praised Vladimir Putin and it's clear that he has business dealings with Russian oligarchs who are very connected to Putin.

All abilities are paid for with disabilities. perfect health may entail the heavy toll of bovine stupidity. insight into one area involves blind spots in another.