The voice is an instrument that you really must take time to develop. It's like a good red wine Give it time.

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.

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.

So you see, movies are really another dimension.

It is hieroglyphic that will last, not stone heads. The future belongs to the word, not the image.(The mason Mutsose, in Achet-Aten).

Speak with your words and your message can be distorted... Speak with your actions and you'll leave no doubt.

Napoleon is dead - but Beethoven lives.

I want us to be together without bothering about ourselves- to be really together because we ARE together, as if it were a phenomenon, not a thing we have to maintain by our own effort.

This idea of tying me to Giuliani is quite unique. I know Rudy Giuliani. I like Rudy Giuliani. I worked with him during his administration. But we're completely different people.

I think the best all-round baseball player ever was Joe DiMaggio.

Take charge of your mind and begin to fill it with healthy, positive, and courageous thoughts.

My point was simply that the war on global terrorism is going to be a long one, and we need to adapt as our enemy adapts.

The author is the successor of the saint, everyone respects the author.

Eternal Vigilance is the price of democracy.