There are an awful lot of skinny people in the cemetery.

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

I really do believe I can accomplish a great deal with a big grin, I know some people find that disconcerting, but that doesn't matter.

My voice had a long, nonstop career. It deserves to be put to bed with quiet and dignity, not yanked out every once in a while to see if it can still do what it used to do. It can't.

When you're in love, the whole world is Jewish.

I've always tried to go a step past wherever people expected me to end up.

It seemed no longer important whether everyone loved me or not, more important now was for me to love them