I cannot switch my voice. My voice is not like an elevator going up and down.
MARIA CALLASThere must be a law against forcing children to perform at an early age. Children should have a wonderful childhood. They should not be given too much responsibility.
More Maria Callas Quotes
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Don’t come to me with your troubles. I have to work for my money and you are young enough to work too. If you can’t make enough money to live on you can jump out of the window or drown yourself.
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I don’t know what happens to me on stage. Something else seems to take over.
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When I did not become enemies, then I understand that there was nothing standing.
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I want to be a mature artist with a different kind of thinking.
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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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I would not kill my enemies, but I will make them get down on their knees. I will, I can, I must.
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I belong to the givers. I want to give a little happiness even if I haven’t had much for myself. Music has enriched my life and, hopefully – through me, a little – the public’s. If anyone left an opera house feeling more happy and at peace, I achieved my purpose.
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I am not an angel and do not pretend to be. That is not one of my roles. But I am not a devil, either. I am a woman and a serious artist, and I would like so to be judged.
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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 will always be as difficult as necessary to achieve the best.
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An opera begins long before the curtain goes up and ends long after it has come down. It starts in my imagination, it becomes my life, and it stays part of my life long after I’ve left the opera house.
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Paris dictates fashion to the whole world.
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My poor sight gives me an advantage. I can’t see the people in the audience who are scratching their heads while I am lost in my role and giving everything I have to the drama.
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Love is so much better when you are not married.
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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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