I prefer to remember the happy things over 10 years, the things that went well. Let me see, what did go well?

Confine your kissing to the irresistible.

Miss Renata Tebaldi was always sweet and very firm... she had dimples of iron.

I will not enter into a public feud with Madame Callas, since I am well aware that she has considerably greater competence and experience at that kind of thing than I have.

We are similar to a museum. My function is to present old masterpieces in modern frames.

I never socialized with singers. It's very dangerous if you work with opera... I don't think that in 30 years a singer has entered my apartment.

We want an ensemble of stars, not comets.