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After I turn 50, I would like to sing Verdi's 'Attila.'

There's a spiritual complement to any attempt at transposing a commitment to humanity through music or art.

I love music, especially classical like Verdi; it's a great way to relax.

I like to sing to Verdi, I like singing to Sibelius, and Mahler maybe.

May we have communion with God in the secret of our hearts, and find Him to be to us as a little sanctuary.

Verdiana was the child of poor though well-born parents, and her knowledge of the sufferings of the poor from her own experience in early years made her ever full of pity for those in need.

I want to reach as many people as possible with the message of music, of wonderful opera.

The only thing that interests me in music is to be able to reach into the, let's call it, 'collective unconscious' of what is noblest in the human spirit, the way you find in the music of Mozart and Beethoven and Verdi that wonderful quality that not a note can be changed.

I just want to touch something deep in the heart of humanity. I don't know if that's in movies, producing films, or writing a book, but I'm concerned about our spiritual well-being as a human race. I want to impact people in a way that makes us all reach for our best.

I really think that's what music and art is about. It's another way to connect to the divine. It's a real pure way of touching that deeper reality beneath our life.