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

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

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.

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.

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?

Live for a reason. Live with passion.

Living a daring life is zealous pursuit.

With her mouth closed, her mind screamed.

I can't believe in Christianity, but I think Jesus was a wonderful teacher.

Life's always changing. We always are being called to adapt.

Gratitude is an opener of locked-up blessings.

How wrong are those simpletons, of whom the world is full, who look more at... color than at the figures which show spirit and movement.

If I can raise more money for charities, or get more Canadian kids to play golf, the green jacket will mean even more.

Some gifted adventurer is always sailing round the world of art and science, to bring home costly merchandise from every port.

Frankly, alcohol leads to a lot of other things when you start drinking at 12-years old. It is a big problem that needs to be addressed. Frankly, the industry has pushed us back and pushed us back.