The first time I sang with David Daniels... I had never performed with a countertenor before. That first time was magic, it was so beautiful. And he's such a great artist.

The restaurants close here in Salzburg. They don't really have a nightlife in the winter time.

The songs of Bizet are by a French peer of Rossini. When Rossini stopped composing, he was living in Paris. He also wrote some beautiful songs in French.

We consider Monteverdi the first composer of opera. There was someone before, but everything started with Monteverdi.

Music is a way to dream together and go to another dimension.

The voice is an instrument that you really must take time to develop. It's like a good red wine Give it time.

I am a person of the 18th century.

It's such a joy to work with different ensembles and create a collaboration. Rehearsing and building a performance is very interesting for me.

The goal is always to make a nice tableau painting with the voice. The more color I can find, the more shadow I can find - the goal is always to make more nuance and colors.

The media can be a really strong vehicle.

You must feel what you're singing, not just have a good presentation of the language.

Your yearning for God must supersede all other desires. It must be like a gnawing hunger and a burning thirst.

If we all discovered that we had only five minutes left to say all that we wanted to say every telephone booth would be occupied by people calling other people to tell them that they loved them.

Christianity is the enemy of liberty and civilization. It has kept mankind in slavery and oppression. The Church and the State have always fraternally united to exploit the people.

What we don't recognize is that holding onto resentment is like holding onto your breath. You'll soon start to suffocate.

Check out the helmet hair on Randy Moss, babe! He looks like some freakish anti-Mr. T after a long evening sleeping through 'Aida.'

It's very inconvenient being a sculptor. It's like playing the double-bass; one's so handicapped by one's baggage.

[Charles McPherson] was kind enough to go to a record gig of mine where we recorded a song of his.

I like the Stooges. You know what movie I saw that I sort of discovered late was Jerry Lewis in 'The Nutty Professor'. I really liked that.

The White House has a choice: They can change course, or they can double down on a vision of government that the American people have roundly rejected.

Neurotics complain of their illness, but they make the most of it, and when it comes to taking it away from them they will defend it like a lioness her young.