"In my mind it should have gone smoothly. This should've been a romantic comedy, but the parents had to get in there and society had to get in there."
"It's not like you're looking for influence. What you're looking for is the possibility for other people to do things."
"I'm going to be honest, this is one of the hardest things I've ever put together."
"We rely on our dreamers and the people who have built worlds when the world was against them."
"I have this intense drive to create. I didn't get into opera because of opera. I got into opera because I have a big voice and a lot to say."
"If anyone has experienced grief, we all know that this brings out the best and the worst in people around you."
This is the only way I can do this. I have to be honest. I want to make the audience feel with me. We are living this together."
"I think that we have become so cynical that we need something else in order to believe in love again. That's what we do in this opera."
Though he's sung the title role of "Don Giovanni" at the Met, he jumped at the chance to sing Don Basilio at LA Opera
"I think there may be no greater compliment than having this opera, this music, get people excited about reading Mary Shelley's novel."