Placido Domingo

This circus games aspect has existed since the beginning of my career.

I am never wrong when it comes to my possibilities.

On the other hand, I have devoted so much energy to reach the top that I accept the stress of being there.

Don't you think it astonishing that, at 58, I am still working at improving my career?

Singing becomes a form of therapy.

Honestly, if the public still wants to hear me in some works, I have to go down a half step.

In the last century, everybody was singing lower.

When working with an orchestra, you never spend more than 20 minutes per recording session.

When I was a young man, I was a baritone, very far from possessing the whole range of the tenor then.

With my personal preparation at the piano, I can afford to hum at half voice.

I then realized that I could never be satisfied again with the mere natural charm of my voice, that I had to constantly paint when singing, melting all the colors, expressing reds and blacks that had to be less primary but bursting with subtly colored combinations.

Between parts I was too old for and roles that were too overwhelming, out of reach then for my voice. I carved out a niche with the Wagnerian repertoire since I am attracted by its theatrical intensity.

If money was my only motivation, I would organize myself differently.