Had I not become entangled with music, I would have become an author much earlier.

Some people thought I was using my popularity as a singer to sell my first novel. For others, it was almost a sacrilege: a practitioner of a minor art daring to enter the field of high art.

O Danúbio, pensei, era o Danúbio mas não era azul, era amarelo, a cidade toda era amarela, os telhados, o asfalto, os parques, engraçado isso, uma cidade amarela, eu pensava que Budapeste fosse cinzenta, mas Budapeste era amarela.

I only know acting. But had I learnt singing earlier, I would have become a singer.

Personally, I can't see how anyone can produce any beautiful music out of being angry.

Personally, I can't see how anyone can produce any beautiful music out of being angry.