We are rich in the quantity of songs rather than in the quality. The singer has to go through hundreds of compositions before he finds one that really says something.

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

If the student could give up her work on my advice, she had better give it up without it. One does not study for a goal. The goal is a mere accident.

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.

One does not study for a goal. The goal is a mere accident.

We are rich in the quantity of songs rather than in the quality. The singer has to go through hundreds of compositions before he finds one that really says something.

The sincerity of the art worker must permeate the song as naturally as the green leaves break through the dead branches in springtime.