"I wish I had spent more time thinking about how I wanted my life to feel as opposed to how I wanted my life to look."
"The inherent understanding of genius, stifled genius, unrecognized genius, not given the support and the nourishment that it deserves and having to find its own way. I understand that completely."
"Florence Price was an inspiration to me because she wrote what was part of her and inside of her. Her music is her soul."
"I myself am very contemplative about everything. I don't necessarily wear my emotions on my sleeve, but when I'm on stage as an opera singer something just changes and I just become this extremely emotive person."
"One's attraction to strong individuals and rulers and leaders is understandable and often justified, but also often mistaken."
"I made a lot of peace with who I am and how I also am expanding in the various roles that I can take on and feel comfortable in."
"You don't know what tomorrow's going to bring. So it's good to put your teeth in and put your wig on and keep going."
"I am not, as an artist, trying to be anyone else. I am Michael Fabiano. I am imperfect. I make mistakes. But I also am proud of the music that I make..."
"I think the blessing of it is that I do have a character to portray. So I can throw myself 100% into that character and forget about all this other stuff."
"I do tend to be more private in my grief than other people. So perhaps through the music I can connect in ways that I cannot connect as a person."