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

Attachment to spiritual things is... just as much an attachment as inordinate love of anything else.

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

In youth we run into difficulties. In old age difficulties run into us.

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

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 simple? I think it is! I don't feel overworked. I get a constant kick out of being heavily committed. Is that sick or something? God, what would I do sitting still?

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