I am not an angel and do not pretend to be. That is not one of my roles. But I am not a devil, either. I am a woman and a serious artist, and I would….

[During fee negotiations for singing in Vienna:] I'm not interested in money, but it must be more than anyone else gets..

Only my dogs will not betray me..

ART is domination. It's making people think that for that precise moment in time there is only one way, one voice. Yours..

I belong to the givers. I want to give a little happiness even if I haven’t had much for myself. Music has enriched my life and, hopefully - through ….

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 ….

I would like to be Maria, but there is La Callas who demands that I carry myself with her dignity..

Only when I was singing did I feel loved..

When the curtain rises, the only thing that speaks is courage..

An opera begins long before the curtain goes up and ends long after it has come down. It starts in my imagination, it becomes my life, and it stays p….

I would not kill my enemies, but I will make them get down on their knees. I will, I can, I must..

Women are not pals enough with men, so we must make ourselves indispensable. After all, we have the greatest weapon in our hands by just being women..

When my enemies stop hissing, I shall know I'm slipping..

What is there in life if you do not work? There is only sensation, and there are only a few sensations— you cannot live on them. You can only live on….

What [Tulio Serafin] said that impressed me was: "When one wants to find a gesture, when you want to find how to act on stage, all you have to do is ….

Don't talk to me about rules, dear. Wherever I stay I make the goddam rules..

That is the difference between good teachers and great teachers: good teachers make the best of a pupil's means; great teachers foresee a pupil's end….

I don't know what happens to me on stage. Something else seems to take over..

To sing is an expression of your being, a being which is becoming..

First I lost weight, then I lost my voice, and now I've lost Onassis..

I will always be as difficult as necessary to achieve the best..