I want to be a mature artist with a different kind of thinking.
On stage, I am in the dark.
Don't talk to me about rules, dear. Wherever I stay I make the goddam rules.
Women are not pals enough with men, so we must make ourselves indispensable. After all, we have the greatest weapon in our hands by just being women.
When I did not become enemies, then I understand that there was nothing standing.
[During fee negotiations for singing in Vienna:] I'm not interested in money, but it must be more than anyone else gets.