For me, riding a two-wheeler bike was very risky. Counting the pedal strokes before turning a corner and learning to hear the sounds coming from buildings, grass and the climbing frame made all the difference to basic survival and ensured that I didn't end up head-first in the sandpit.

Passione' is a selection of the music moments that have accompanied my youth; a collection of cherished memories, of moments, of fleeting emotions, of sleepless nights.

A career is like a house: it's made of many bricks, and each brick has the same value, because without any one of them, the house would collapse.

In essence, I set myself the objective of doing what I feel is right without having any ambition.

God gave us faculties for our use; each of them will receive its proper reward. Then do not let us try to charm them to sleep, but permit them to do their work until divinely called to something higher.

Religion is organized to satisfy and guide the soul - politics does the same thing for the body.

God's love is so great that He loves even the proud, the selfish, the arrogant, and the wicked.

I think there's something fundamentally wrong with thinking that there's a God who looks after you but kills everyone else. There's something, if not immoral, then gross, about it.