Music is there to access those dark emotional corners that we don't normally get too close to.

I performed in Sydney some years ago for the Sydney Festival and I am just so pleased to be returning to the wonderful Sydney Opera House and also performing in Melbourne for the first time.

I would just like to say that opera is no longer about fat people in breastplates shattering wine glasses.

That was when I realised that music is the most profound, magical form of communication there is.

I do hope that our spring will be starting shortly and we will all be able to enjoy some sunshine again.

Opera is credible drama now, and it costs less than going to a football match. What have you got to lose?

The musical heritage of Yorkshire is deep and wide.

To tell you the truth, I never listen to opera at home.

I'm engaging my diaphragm as I'm speaking to you right now.

There are a lot of unseen elements to having a successful singing career.

It worries me that young singers think you can shortcut the training and go straight to fame and fortune, and programmes like Pop Idol have encouraged that.

She didn't know how to hate her mother yet, but every time she left her father crying in the airport she came that much closer to figuring it out.

I do not agree with this notion that somehow if I go to try to attract votes and to lead people toward a better tomorrow somehow I get subscribed to some-some doctrine gets subscribed to me.

Hawaiian to me is a feeling of getting somewhere, without stepping on anybodys toes, without causing friction with anybody.

It is possible to do something, and to do something meticulously and completely with out creating a goal... all nature works this way.

The axiomatic method is very powerful

When two good men contend about principles, both are always right.

Donald Trump is not just a problem for the EU, but for the whole world.

Honestly, I didn't think that I would be recognized so easily.

If someone tells you, "You can't" they really mean, "I can't."

Chârvâkas, a very ancient sect in India, were rank materialists.