So you see, movies are really another dimension.

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.

You show your humanity by how you see yourself not as apart from others but from your connection to others.

Breathless living is anything but the abundant life. The pace at which we live is not sustainable.

We make messes of our lives, but every now and then, we manage to do something that's exactly right." (pg. 481)

Jesse James is like a Leonard Cohen song, I wanted to do something that was like a pop song.

Church is not a museum for Saints, but rather a hospital for sinners.

The best way to judge a life is to ask yourself, "Did I make the best use of the time I had?

A dry period for me means perhaps going two or three nights without writing. I probably have dry periods but I'm not aware of them and I go on writing, only the writing probably isn't much good.

Too quick a sense of constant infelicity.

Deliberate tactical errors and minor losses are the means by which to bait the enemy.

It's a strange courage you give me ancient star: Shine alone in the sunrise toward which you lend no part!