Just sing it. Don't prove you can sing it. I know you can, you know you can. So just do it, because if you try to prove it, you'll lose.

A happy woman is one who has no cares at all; a cheerful woman is one who has cares but doesn't let them get her down.

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

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

Why let one high C ruin your whole evening?

You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.

A primary function of art and thought is to liberate the individual from the tyranny of his culture in the environmental sense and to permit him to stand beyond it in an autonomy of perception and judgment.