To tell you the truth, I never listen to opera at home.
I really wanted to be an opera soprano.
The first opera I went to see was Maria Callas singing 'Tosca'.
I decided I was going to be an opera star. I was about 12.
The Opera was a very cold film, a hopeless and dark film, no hope, no love.
I'd love to do 'Werther.' It's a great opera, and the music's so beautiful.
In opera, there is always too much singing.
In the '80s, everyone wanted to be in opera. It was groovy.
Philanthropy is no longer about writing a check for $10,000 to the opera.
Sleep is an excellent way of listening to an opera.
The opera in Los Angeles is excellent.
The first rule in opera is the first rule in life: see to everything yourself.
I want to reach as many people as possible with the message of music, of wonderful opera.
'Amores Perros' is rock, '21 Grams' is jazz, 'Babel' is an opera, and 'Biutiful' is a requiem.
Later, I even appeared in a Rock Opera with Richard Gere.
Opera? Just what the world needs: more fat women screaming.
When you talk about me having a favorite singer, it's Celine. She is not only one of the most amazing singers, but she is just an amazing person.
The business today is completely different and it's very producer driven, so that a songwriter needs to have producing chops, be a singer/songwriter, or find a singer to develop.
I always just wanted to be the singer or the bass player in the band. I'd love to have a band, where I was obviously the singer, but where it wasn't me, it wasn't my name.
Roland Turner: Folk singer with a cat. You queer?
I've been getting into Nick Drake lately, the folk singer. Sad, gorgeous stuff.
