To sing a wrong note is insignificant, but to sing without passion is unforgivable.

Thus Fate knocks the door.

What you are, you are by accident of birth; what I am, I am by myself. There are and always will be thousands of princes, but there is only one Beethoven.

This [pointing to his head] and this [pointing to his heart] is my nobility.

Music isn't enough. Performers aren't enough. There must be someone that loves music as much as life. For you, and remember this always, those of us with somet…

I think I am easy to make fun of. I try not to pay too much attention. You can't let critics dictate what you do... The thing that fascinates me, is the emotio…

I think what makes him so compelling as an artist, is that there is a tragic beauty in him. The sadness comes through in his singing.