One of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating.

People think I'm disciplined. It is not discipline. It is devotion. There is a great difference.

I think a life in music is a life beautifully spent, and this is what I have devoted my life to.

The rivalry is with ourself. I try to be better than is possible. I fight against myself, not against the other.

If children are not introduced to music at an early age, I believe something fundamental is actually being taken from them.

Music making is the most joyful activity possible, the most perfect expression of any emotion.

Some singers want the audience to love them. I love the audience.

Learning music by reading about it is like making love by mail.

You don't need any brains to listen to music.

As an art form, opera is a rare and remarkable creation. For me, it expresses aspects of the human drama that cannot be expressed in any other way, or certainly not as beautifully.

Am I afraid of high notes? Of course I am afraid. What sane man is not?

I get scared when I think I'm going to miss my flight. I get obsessed when I actually miss a flight.

Clary,” Jocelyn said. “I want you to meet Tessa Gray.

My fame? Truly I don't consider myself famous...long way to go yet. But if anyone does ask for an autograph it's a wonderful feeling.

If the tea party is so racist, how come when they have straw polls the black guy keeps winning?

Once you get below the floor of our personal identities, we're all connected. Perhaps that's why we can move into others' lives.

I am one with the power and wisdom of the Universe. I have all that I need.

There are times I might coach one or two workouts a year when the regular coach gets caught in traffic

It generally appears outlandish until its carried out.

Universe is synergetic. Life is synergetic.

An addiction to distraction is the end of your creative production.