If you approach an opera as though it were something that always went a certain way, that's what you get. I approach an opera as though I didn't know it.

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Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can - there will always...

Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can - there will always...

That's what it is that you rehearse - the making of music, not the playing...

That's what it is that you rehearse - the making of music, not the playing...

The fact is that great musical pieces take and hold the stage because they provide...

The fact is that great musical pieces take and hold the stage because they provide...

Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can there will always come...

Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can there will always come...

If you can sell green toothpaste in this country, you can sell opera.

If you can sell green toothpaste in this country, you can sell opera.

I enjoy doing both of them very much, concert work particularly, and the division varies...

I enjoy doing both of them very much, concert work particularly, and the division varies...

Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can - there will always...

Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can - there will always...

As the director of an opera, it is my responsibility to unify the style of...

As the director of an opera, it is my responsibility to unify the style of...

Music - opera particularly - is a process which is endurable or successful only if...

Music - opera particularly - is a process which is endurable or successful only if...

Success is important only to the extent that it puts one in a position to...

Success is important only to the extent that it puts one in a position to...

Self-assurance is two-thirds of success.

Self-assurance is two-thirds of success.

If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.

If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.

Success isn't a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire.

Success isn't a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire.

It is only when you look now and see success that you say that it...

It is only when you look now and see success that you say that it...

Forward, as occasion offers. Never look round to see whether any shall note it... Be...

Forward, as occasion offers. Never look round to see whether any shall note it... Be...

The winner's edge is not in a gifted birth, a high IQ, or in talent....

The winner's edge is not in a gifted birth, a high IQ, or in talent....

Celebrate your success and find humor in your failures. Dont take yourself so seriously. Loosen...

Celebrate your success and find humor in your failures. Dont take yourself so seriously. Loosen...

Before everything else, getting ready is the secret of success.

Before everything else, getting ready is the secret of success.

Success is dependent upon the glands - sweat glands.

Success is dependent upon the glands - sweat glands.

Successful people aren't born that way. They become successful by establishing the habit of doing...

Successful people aren't born that way. They become successful by establishing the habit of doing...