Young singers are much better educated musically, much better informed, through discs and videos, than I was.

When it becomes clear that no one else shares your level of passion, you are where you belong.

When a young artist is ready, one has to bring him into the limelight.

I feel like a little boy who is constantly offered new toys.

The high note is not the only thing.

Sometimes pianists try to sound like singers: me personally, I try to sound like a Bösendorfer.

I hope I have given back half the joy music has given me.

My strength is my enthusiasm.

We all have a destiny in accordance with the breadth of our shoulders. My shoulders are broad.

If money was my only motivation, I would organize myself differently.

But enough joking. I am singing. This is all my life.

God recognizes celebration

Graceful aging starts by leveling the playing field between emotional landmines and physical grievances.

Einstein says common sense is just habit of thought. It's how we're used to thinking about things, but a lot of the time it just gets in the way.' 'In the way of what?' 'In the way of what's true.

With heightened senses it remained motionless and looked through bulbous eyes. It could taste fear in the air. Pheromones. Sweat. Food was near, but more importantly, so was its new home.

She had the habit of making up virtuous qualities in a man to support her attraction.

I'm a teacher still, but with a much larger classroom.

This is an exciting time. A new chapter in our history.

Life cannot find reasons to sustain it, cannot be a source of decent natural regard, unless each of us resolves to breathe such qualities into it.

Forgiveness is a CHOICE, not a feeling.

Talent is a very potent aphrodisiac. When someone is incredibly gifted, I find them incredibly sexy.