Everybody, even me, sometimes had to compromise on something, doing things we know to be wrong, and this happens doing whatever job in the world. But a singer must have the courage of saying no.

Yes, thanks to God... my life has a goal, much more important than my artistic activities, that is the struggle against Leukemia.

I am extraordinarily lucky, I was born in a family of strong moral values, and in my life I was able to do what I liked best: debuts, great theatres, but above all, inner and deep satisfaction.

I've always been a big fan of the American soul sound.

When you arrive at a certain level it's very easy to say yes: that is the moment to learn to say no.

The happiest moment in my life? When my doctor told me I was completely cured of leukaemia.

I love good food but I follow strict rules the days I perform.

Yes, you must have the courage of being free.

Italians have no sense of the dramatic.

I can't see why we can't toss in a Junior Walker or Wilson Pickett number in every once in a while.

It's logical for us to sing, but not necessarily operatic pieces.

If you can't set a better example for progress, don't show disapproval against the worse tradition!

Gershwin's tragedy was not that he failed to cross the tracks, but rather that he did, and once there in his new habitat, was deprived of the chance to plunge his roots firmly into the new soil.

In the beginning, I wanted to be successful. I wanted to make and have hit records. And I wanted everything that went along with it.

If you have worry, you don't have faith, and if you have faith, you don't have worry.

You can't be all things to all people.

My major problem with the world is a problem of scarcity in the midst of plenty ... of people starving while there are unused resources ... people having skills which are not being used.

Above all, I know that life for a photographer cannot be a matter of indifference.

Drive away and try to keep smiling. Get a little rock and roll on the radio and go toward life with all the courage you can find and all the belief you can muster. Be true, be brave, stand.

What's similar between Britain and America is the lack of good-quality civic buildings.