"It worries me that young singers think you can shortcut the training and go straight to fame and fortune, and programmes like Pop Idol have encouraged that."

"There are a lot of unseen elements to having a successful singing career."

"To tell you the truth, I never listen to opera at home."

"Opera is credible drama now, and it costs less than going to a football match. What have you got to lose?"

"There are two kinds of designers: ones who are very happy locked in their office surrounded by their coterie. The last thing they need to do is to go to a trunk show they'd go running for the hills. I not only enjoy it, I think, how do you design things that are applicable to life - unless you live it?"

"We do not remember the passing of hours, but the resonance of moments. This remains the cornerstone of personal mastery — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"I knew that I needed to do something that I desperately loved. There was a period where I did question if it was acting because I knew that I would be making things hard on myself. I knew that there was going to be a little bit of a hullabaloo because of my dad being who he is and all that."

"Do right. Do your best. Treat others as you want to be treated."