Music Is A Prerogative Of Those Who

When I Began Singing, It Was The First Time I Was Happy In My Life. As A Baby, I Would Stop Crying When I Heard A Great Singer.

I Always Knew I Would Sing. I Just Didn't Know If I Would Be Successful Or Not. But I Sang At School, I Sang At Parties, I Sang At Church. Everyone Always Asked Me To Sing. I'd Be Playing Football With My Friends And My Parents Would Ask Me To Sing For Their Guests. I Was Never Very Happy About That Because I Wanted To Play Football.

My Real Passion Is For Opera. It Was Born And Developed By Listening To Records, And My Dream As A Child Was To Record Entire Operas When I Grew Up, And This Dream Came True.

Opera Singing Is In Every Way Of Inestimable Value; A Real Heritage For All Mankind That Has Been Reached Over Centuries Of Studies, Attempts, Flights Of The Spirit.

I Prefer To Work For My Country In A Free And Independent Way. I Was Born Free, And I Want To Die Free. I Am Always Suspicious Of Ideology. Instead, I Respect Men With Ideas.