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I was always more interested in the ultimate live performance rather than the recording for its own sake. And, for the audience too, that thrill of - just being there.

I'm still amazed by the process of recording.

The best recording is the one you bring with you in your mind.

I think recordings have been a terrific advance because now, when you have a piece of music, particularly something that appears to the listener very complicated, there's really a push to the world to try to figure out what it was that he was hearing.

Record-breaking is not getting boring. I am definitely happy with that.

I always demand intensity in training. That's my style, and I like it.

The louder I sang, the more it brought out the basic quality of the voice.

All of my style came from listening to records.

If I think about the way I was drawn into the music, it was much more by recordings than by live performances.

Generally, the best recording is the original cast, because that's the way the piece grew: integrally, with them.