What are we singers but the silver-voiced messengers of the poet and the musician?

Music is not written in red, white and blue. It is written in the heart's blood of the composer.

You won’t be famous until people start saying the worst things they can about you. Don’t worry! It’s a good sign!

The first rule in opera is the first rule in life: see to everything yourself

If you wish to understand me at all (and to write an autobiography is only to open a window into one's heart) you must understand first and foremost, that I am an Australian.

There are two things I like stiff and one of them's jelly.

Always sing below your potential.