I Was Born In Montreal And Came

I Was Born In Montreal And Came From A Lower-middle-class Family.

Young People Can Get Very Discouraged And Get Hooked On Drugs Or On Alcohol Because Of Problems They Perceive As Insurmountable. It Is Important That They Realize A Mistake Need Not Ruin Their Future, But They Must Also Know That Not Everything In Life Is A Bed Of Roses.

Perhaps, Once I Am Gone, The One Thing I Might Be Remembered For Is Having Sung A Great Deal Of Mahler With A Great Many Phenomenal Conductors. It Is Wonderful Music, Very Spiritual.

It Makes One A Better Person To Have Had Hardships And To Have Overcome Hardships And Not To Blame Anybody Else For Your Mistakes.

Singing Beautiful Melodies Is One Thing, But To Deliver The Text So That The People Understand It, Even In A Foreign Language, Has To Be Worked At Very Hard.