I don't know what happens to me on stage. Something else seems to take over.

Quote by Maria Callas

Topics: Singers And Singing Quotes

An opera begins long before the curtain goes up and ends long after it has...

An opera begins long before the curtain goes up and ends long after it has...

When my enemies stop hissing, I shall know I'm slipping.

When my enemies stop hissing, I shall know I'm slipping.

There must be a law against forcing children to perform at an early age. Children...

There must be a law against forcing children to perform at an early age. Children...

Good teachers make the best of a pupil's means; great teachers foresee a pupil's ends.

Good teachers make the best of a pupil's means; great teachers foresee a pupil's ends.

I prepare myself for rehearsals like I would for marriage.

I prepare myself for rehearsals like I would for marriage.

If I have stepped on some people at times because I am at the top,...

If I have stepped on some people at times because I am at the top,...

I don't know what happens to me on stage. Something else seems to take over.

I don't know what happens to me on stage. Something else seems to take over.

When music fails to agree to the ear, to soothe the ear and the heart...

When music fails to agree to the ear, to soothe the ear and the heart...

Women are not pals enough with men, so we must make ourselves indispensable. After all,...

Women are not pals enough with men, so we must make ourselves indispensable. After all,...

On stage, I am in the dark.On stage, I am in the dark.

On stage, I am in the dark.On stage, I am in the dark.

I would like to be Maria, but there is La Callas who demands that I...

I would like to be Maria, but there is La Callas who demands that I...

It's a terrible thing to go through life thinking that you have a rock on...

It's a terrible thing to go through life thinking that you have a rock on...

First I lost my voice, then I lost my figure and then I lost Onassis.

First I lost my voice, then I lost my figure and then I lost Onassis.

I don't need the money, dear. I work for art.

I don't need the money, dear. I work for art.

I was always too mature for my age - and not very happy. I had...

I was always too mature for my age - and not very happy. I had...

That is the difference between good teachers and great teachers: good teachers make the best...

That is the difference between good teachers and great teachers: good teachers make the best...

I was always too mature for my age - and not very happy. I had...

I was always too mature for my age - and not very happy. I had...

I don't need the money, dear. I work for art.

I don't need the money, dear. I work for art.

A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company,...

A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company,...

An artist is a dreamer consenting to dream of the actual world.

An artist is a dreamer consenting to dream of the actual world.

For just as poets love their own works, and fathers their own children, in the...

For just as poets love their own works, and fathers their own children, in the...