“Every singer eventually gets around to a Christmas disc.”

“No voice teacher can be all things to all people. You have to gain information from whatever sources you can. You have to listen.”

“Everybody's a work in progress. I'm a work in progress. I mean, I've never arrived... I'm still learning all the time.”

“I've always been inspired by artists who have shown musical and intellectual curiosity and the courage to take risks.”

“For years, I had no time for exploratory travel.”

“Having to travel so much plays havoc with your personal life.”

“Symbolic of life, hair bolts from our head[s]. Like the earth, it can be harvested, but it will rise again. We can change its color and texture when the mood strikes us, but in time it will return ...”

“Naked you are blue like the night in Cuba,you have vines and stars in your hair,”

“Red hair, sir, in my opinion, is dangerous.”

“I will openly admit that I've never really followed hockey. Given my New England upbringing, I have always adhered to the Celtics, Patriots, Red Sox, Bruins mantra of professional sports fandom, bu...”

“I put on lip balm first thing in the morning and always use it before I swipe on my red lipstick.”

“Scorpions like holes. We had to put our arms in the holes to dig out the smelting residues. We always performed critter checks before an excavation, but one morning, I put an arm in and felt a shar...”

“Tell me, Blaise, are we very far from Montmartre?'WorriesForget your worriesAll the stations full of cracks tilted along the wayThe telegraph wires they hang fromThe grimacing poles that gesticulat...”

“Boxing, mixed martial arts and tennis are the hardest sports to train for.”

“Let's face it. There is no setup in Pakistan to train and groom young players at the grassroots level in different sports. Those of us who did make a name for ourselves and became champions did it ...”