In the last 20, 22 years I have sung here very often and I have always felt the affection and warmth of the Italians, and I feel very close to you.

I love good food but I follow strict rules the days I perform.

Yes, you must have the courage of being free.

I can't see why we can't toss in a Junior Walker or Wilson Pickett number in every once in a while.

Everybody, even me, sometimes had to compromise on something, doing things we know to be wrong, and this happens doing whatever job in the world. But a singer must have the courage of saying no.

We are singing with feelings and emotions, our soul is the whole of this feelings and emorions.

It's logical for us to sing, but not necessarily operatic pieces.

I've always been a big fan of the American soul sound.

I think the second to be true, because the soul is the center and the source of all these emotions, it's the start of singing, it's inside us; the voice is the instrument, but it's the brain that gives the orders for our actions, so I strongly believe that singing starts in the soul.