Real friends are very special, but you have to be careful because sometimes you have a friend and you think they are made of rock, then suddenly you realise they’re only made of sand.
MARIA CALLASOnly when I was singing did I feel loved.
More Maria Callas Quotes
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Don’t talk to me about rules, dear. Wherever I stay I make the goddam rules.
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I cannot switch my voice. My voice is not like an elevator going up and down.
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That is the difference between good teachers and great teachers: good teachers make the best of a pupil’s means; great teachers foresee a pupil’s ends.
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I will not be sued! I have the voice of an angel!
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To sing is an expression of your being, a being which is becoming.
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First I lost weight, then I lost my voice, and now I’ve lost Onassis.
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You are born an artist or you are not. And you stay an artist, dear, even if your voice is less of a fireworks. The artist is always there.
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Some say I have a beautiful voice, some say I have not. It is a matter of opinion. All I can say, those who don’t like it shouldn’t come to hear me.
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I prepare myself for rehearsals like I would for marriage.
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Only my dogs will not betray me.
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I don’t need the money, dear. I work for art.
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ART is domination. It’s making people think that for that precise moment in time there is only one way, one voice. Yours.
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The public is a monster and that is why I am not eager to return to the stage.
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I don’t know what happens to me on stage. Something else seems to take over.
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I was always too mature for my age – and not very happy. I had no young friends. I wish I could go back to those days. If I could only live it all again, how I would play and enjoy other girls. What a fool I was.
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