There is no shortcut to anyplace worth going..

There is a growing strength in women, but it is in the forehead, not in the forearm..

I had found a kind of serenity, a new maturity. I didn't feel better or stronger than anyone else but it seemed no longer important whether everyone ….

Opera is an extremely disciplined art form, and every excess a singer indulges in has a direct effect on the voice..

My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, for man's anger does not bring about….

You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try..

I lived through the garbage. I might as well dine on the caviar..

I can't be happy every day but I can be cheerful..

Just sing it. Don't prove you can sing it. I know you can, you know you can. So just do it, because if you try to prove it, you'll lose..

There were times in my career ... when I felt like a trapeze artist doing dangerous somersaults without a net underneath. When you execute those some….

I know that anybody who does all this and doesn't have to, everything thinks she's very driven. The truth is, I enjoy it all so! Can't it be that sim….

There is something in me-I just can't stand to admit defeat..

Don't get me started on critics..

The last major childhood disease remains and it's the worst of them all: nuclear war..

Why let one high C ruin your whole evening?.

So long as it doesn't get to the point where you don't remember whose opera you're listening to, I'm willing to experiment..