I was born a singer. I need to do that.

For my convalescence, I had to exercise my voice only with vowels. It is a medical rule after a long loss of voice.

I do believe that if you haven't learnt about sadness, you cannot appreciate happiness.

I have been so lucky to receive so much love from those who enjoy my music, that I feel I have to give as much of it as I can back to children.

When I was very young I was the ugly duckling. I had a lot of complexes. My sister was wonderful and I was nothing.

When you want something very dearly, you make the time.

The Berlin Wall go down, that was the most wonderful thing that could happen, absolutely. I celebrated with everybody in Berlin that day when the Wall was down.

One of the most wonderful memories in my life was when I sang at the Opera House in Sydney. I will never forget that. It is one of the most beautiful Houses I have ever sung in my life.

When I started to work with UNICEF, it was a new way of giving some love and care to the world.

UNICEF has made the most rewarding thing that I have ever done in my life.

It's nice to look good, but the most important thing is to be you.

I am going to look at the stars. They are so far away, and their light takes so long to reach us. All we ever see of stars are their old photographs.

True freedom consists not in the freedom to sin, but the freedom not to sin.

How art thou fallen from heaven O Lucifer son of the morning!

I really didn't think about song writing.

But be careful; sand is already broken but glass breaks. The shoes are for dancing, not running away.

Once you play a superhero, is there any way back again? Once you're a superhero, it's just crazy.

The Eagles and the Captain and Tennille ruled the airwaves, and we were the answer to it.

A writer is a man like any other: he dreams. And my dream was to be able to say of this book, when I finished: 'This is a book about Alentejo.'

I had to try to figure out what it would be like to do things for the first time, almost as if you're a child.

You cannot possess all and everything. Whatsoever you possess will not give you contentment. The mind, the ego, will always feel unfulfilled.