I cannot switch my voice. My voice is not like an elevator going up and down.

What is there in life if you do not work? There is only sensation, and there are only a few sensations— you cannot live on them. You can only live on work, by work, through work. How can you live with self-respect if you do not do things as well as lies in you?

I would not kill my enemies, but I will make them get down on their knees. I will, I can, I must.

Love is so much better when you are not married.

On stage, I am in the dark.

[During fee negotiations for singing in Vienna:] I'm not interested in money, but it must be more than anyone else gets.

When I did not become enemies, then I understand that there was nothing standing.