Only when I was singing did I feel loved.

An opera begins long before the curtain goes up and ends long after it has come down. It starts in my imagination, it becomes my life, and it stays part of my life long after I've left the opera house.

I don't know what happens to me on stage. Something else seems to take over.

To sing is an expression of your being, a being which is becoming.

Only my dogs will not betray me.

Don't come to me with your troubles. I have to work for my money and you are young enough to work too. If you can't make enough money to live on you can jump out of the window or drown yourself.

When my enemies stop hissing, I shall know I'm slipping.