Only my dogs will not betray me.
MARIA CALLASIt’s a terrible thing to go through life thinking that you have a rock on your side when you haven’t.
More Maria Callas Quotes
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I don’t know what happens to me on stage. Something else seems to take over.
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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 will always be as difficult as necessary to achieve the best.
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I will not be sued! I have the voice of an angel!
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Only when I was singing did I feel loved.
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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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Women are not pals enough with men, so we must make ourselves indispensable. After all, we have the greatest weapon in our hands by just being women.
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When my enemies stop hissing, I shall know I’m slipping.
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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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To sing is an expression of your being, a being which is becoming.
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I cannot switch my voice. My voice is not like an elevator going up and down.
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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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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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When the curtain rises, the only thing that speaks is courage.
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