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Opera Singer Inspirational Quotes (1014)

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In the piano, one has the instrument complete before he begins but in the case of the voice, the instrument has to be developed by study.
Alma Gluck
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I've always said that music is like literature.
Jose Carreras
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People should not pass judgment until they have seen the film.
Christopher Lee
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I've seen many men die right in front of me - so many in fact that I've become almost hardened to it. Having seen the worst that human beings can do to each other, the results of torture, mutilation and seeing someone blown to pieces by a bomb, you develop a kind of shell. But you had to. You had to. Otherwise, we would never have won.
Christopher Lee
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I am here and you will know that I am the best and will hear me. The color of my skin or the kink of my hair or the spread of my mouth has nothing to do with what you are listening to.
Leontyne Price
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I enjoy the more floaty, exposed, elegant singing.
Renee Fleming
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I work on my voice through what I have to sing.
Bryn Terfel
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The essential elements of singing are voice, musicianship, and story. It is the rare artist that has all three in abundance.
Linda Ronstadt
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I am not a composer of music I sing pieces which have been written for me which gives me bigger freedom to search for pieces I want to record.
Sarah Brightman
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And I didn't. That's why my career was very short-lived.
Kitty Carlisle
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The word 'no' is a very good word in a singer's repertoire.
Kiri Te Kanawa
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I strive for perfection, but of course it can never be perfect. I'm never satisfied at the end of a performance. But the great thing about live theatre is that every night you get another chance to get it right.
Anthony Warlow
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I have had a very difficult time with stage fright it undermines your well-being and peace of mind, and it can also threaten your livelihood.
Renee Fleming
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Making films has never just been a job to me, it is my life. I have some interests outside of acting - I sing and I've written books, for instance - but acting is what keeps me going, it's what I do, it gives life purpose.
Christopher Lee
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If I have stepped on some people at times because I am at the top, it couldn't be helped. What should I do if someone gets hurt... retire?
Maria Callas
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If you send up a weather vane or put your thumb up in the air every time you want to do something different, to find out what people are going to think about it, you're going to limit yourself. That's a very strange way to live.
Jessye Norman
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Your purpose in life is to use your gifts and talents to help other people. Your journey in life teaches you how to do that.
Tom Krause
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The first rule in opera is the first rule in life: see to everything yourself
Nellie Melba
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I was taken to concerts when I was six, seven years old, and sat in a box throughout the whole evening.
Kitty Carlisle
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I think for a lot of people that are in performing arts, it's easy to fall into the trap of starting to confuse what's real life and what's not, because to your body it's all real.
Audra McDonald
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All token Blacks have the same experience. I have been pointed at as a solution to things that have not yet begun to be solved, because pointing at us token Blacks eases consciences of millions, and this is dreadfully wrong.
Leontyne Price
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The fact that I am blind is not what defines my life. It should be of no more interest than my blood type. People wonder if there is a relationship between my lack of sight and the way I sing. But there's no connection.
Andrea Bocelli
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Someone once said that there are probably seven naturally good singing days in a year-and those are days you won't be booked. What we must learn is how to sing through all the other days.
Renee Fleming
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Singing is an arduous business and it needs sacrifices.
Lesley Garrett
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