First I lost weight, then I lost my voice, and now I’ve lost Onassis.
MARIA CALLASART is domination. It’s making people think that for that precise moment in time there is only one way, one voice. Yours.
More Maria Callas Quotes
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When music fails to agree to the ear, to soothe the ear and the heart and the senses, then it has missed the point.
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I will not be sued! I have the voice of an angel!
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It’s a terrible thing to go through life thinking that you have a rock on your side when you haven’t.
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I cannot switch my voice. My voice is not like an elevator going up and down.
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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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I will always be as difficult as necessary to achieve the best.
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Paris dictates fashion to the whole world.
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When I did not become enemies, then I understand that there was nothing standing.
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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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Love is so much better when you are not married.
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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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I prepare myself for rehearsals like I would for marriage.
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Only when I was singing did I feel loved.
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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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When my enemies stop hissing, I shall know I’m slipping.
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