Vocal study before age 20 is likely to be injurious, though some survive it in the hands of very careful and understanding teachers.

The student who deceives himself into thinking that he is giving his life like an ascetic in the spirit of sacrifice for art, is the victim of a deplorable species of egotism.

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.

The real artist has no idea that he is sacrificing himself for art. He does “what he does for one reason and one reason only-he can't help doing it”

French is, in many ways, more difficult for an English-speaking person to sing. It is so full of complex and trying vowels. It requires the utmost subtlety.

When the student has her voice under complete control, it is safe to take up the lyric repertoire of Mendelssohn, Old English Songs, etc. How simple and charming they are!

Just as the bird sings or the butterfly soars, because it is his natural characteristic, so the artist works.