My 59th birthday is in 17 days, and logic tells me that perhaps I can sing opera for five more years or so. But that is not to say that I couldn't do some other type of recital. I keep now where I spend four weeks doing an opera at the Real, then another six at the Metropolitan, then Covent Garden, Washington, Los Angeles, Vienna, but I will go on singing. Those who know you say that you don't like the ostentatious display of wealth. Money is welcome as a means to live better, above all bearing in mind that we don't know how many years we will go on living and how many years of those will be productive.
Nobody can take that for granted.
Money is also welcome because it enables you on many occasions to help other people. But any ostentatious display is something I don't like. A private aeroplane costs too much. I charter one when I need it. That is to say, I buy a certain number of hours per year and that's like being the owner of an eighth part of it.