Music - opera particularly - is a process which is endurable or successful only if it is achieved by people who love to collaborate.

Raving mad is quite easy. You just chew up the scenery or something. It's quiet mad that's hard.

Music - opera particularly - is a process which is endurable or successful only if it is achieved by people who love to collaborate.

The fact is that great musical pieces take and hold the stage because they provide great emotional experiences.

The secret of living is to find people who will pay you money to do what YOU would pay to do if you had the money.

That's what it is that you rehearse - the making of music, not the playing of notes as abstractions.

Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can - there will always come a time when you will be grateful you did.