One thing about being famous is the people around you, you pay all their bills so they very rarely disagree with you because they want you to pick up the check.
“I do not understand where the idea came from that opera is only for privileged people, I am as happy singing before 70,000 people at the Millennium Stadium, as I am in front of a few hundred in a small concert hall.”
“I grew up under the sticks and stones rule. I didn't put my hands on you so why should you put your hands on me or my family.”