It’s a terrible thing to go through life thinking that you have a rock on your side when you haven’t.
MARIA CALLASI would not kill my enemies, but I will make them get down on their knees. I will, I can, I must.
More Maria Callas Quotes
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Love is so much better when you are not married.
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There 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.
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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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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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The public is a monster and that is why I am not eager to return to the stage.
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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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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.
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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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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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Only when I was singing did I feel loved.
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Paris dictates fashion to the whole world.
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I prepare myself for rehearsals like I would for marriage.
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On stage, I am in the dark.
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When my enemies stop hissing, I shall know I’m slipping.
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