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Opera Singer Inspirational Quotes (1014)

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We are facing a generation of young singers who are much more diminutive in their approach to singing.
Jerome Hines
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Another turn in my life happened when I took on the Canada Council.
Maureen Forrester
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Your brain has a music room, and evolution would not have gone to the trouble of designing that if it didn't have some benefits. So, that suggests to me that we and our ancestors have had music as a central part of our experience for eons. And we're just beginning to understand how that might be. I think that's fascinating.
Renee Fleming
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For me, the most enjoyable type of singing is opera. It allows you to move, to wear a costume ... to do something with your body. When singing in concert you have to stand up in front of the audience, next to the conductor, which is less natural.
Andrea Bocelli
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The future? Like unwritten books and unborn children, you don't talk about it.
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
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All young lovers, whoever you are, I hope your troubles are few. All my good wishes go with you tonight. I've been in love like you.
Marni Nixon
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The government has to spend money during a recession, because their spending is our earning.
Linda Ronstadt
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I like to windsurf and ski, and most of all I love to ride horses. The wilder and faster the better! If I'm presented with a fast horse or a fast boat, I still get that shiver of excitement and I cannot resist. Luckily I never seem to have any accidents, and thank God for that.
Andrea Bocelli
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On the other hand, I have devoted so much energy to reach the top that I accept the stress of being there.
Placido Domingo
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Some critics have written that I wanted to teach through singing. Not at all. I was learning I went to school every time I gave a song recital.
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
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Real friends are very special, but you have to be careful because sometimes you have a friend and you think they are made of rock, then suddenly you realise they're only made of sand.
Maria Callas
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Between parts I was too old for and roles that were too overwhelming, out of reach then for my voice. I carved out a niche with the Wagnerian repertoire since I am attracted by its theatrical intensity.
Placido Domingo
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I have a noble history of being rejected by a lot of places, only to discover that the one that finally lets me in is in fact the perfect fit.
Renee Fleming
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Every audience has its character I like America - they love me. I suffer from stage fright, but in America not so much.
Andrea Bocelli
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The student's job is to stay open-minded, to quell the knee-jerk defensiveness we all possess in the face of suggestions for improvement, and to maintain patience when faced with a process that is often slow, confusing, and frustrating.
Renee Fleming
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I decided to write about the myths of divorce.
Mary Garden
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Music is an emotional experience, and that is what imprints itself on the soul.
Greg Lake
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A fan once asked if he could have a piece of my hair for voodoo. I said no, so he hugged me and plucked out a couple of hairs and ran off.
Amy Lee
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I was such a geek in school.
Katherine Jenkins
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Housing Works is the coolest thrift store in the world, because not only are they the best thrift store - they're not the most thrifty thrift store - but they have amazing stuff and all of their proceeds go directly to kids, mostly homeless kids, living with AIDS and HIV in New York, in the metropolitan area.
Ezra Miller
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I have trouble with modern art. But in general, all art forms fascinate me - art is the way human beings express what we can't say in words.
Andrea Bocelli
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I don't want to ever be a quote-unquote rock star. I want to just be me.
Amy Lee
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I think Ive learned more about Baroque music than any other genre.
Joyce DiDonato
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Life is too complex to compress into soundbites. Every situation is different.
Sarah Brightman
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