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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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 come...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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

To praise the sun is to praise your own eyes.

To praise the sun is to praise your own eyes.

You have to speak to be heard, but sometimes you have to be silent to...

You have to speak to be heard, but sometimes you have to be silent to...

Today everyone is a star - they're all billed as 'starring' or 'also starring'. In...

Today everyone is a star - they're all billed as 'starring' or 'also starring'. In...

Once you have mastered time, you will understand how true it is that most people...

Once you have mastered time, you will understand how true it is that most people...

I sometimes think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability

I sometimes think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability

Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us...

Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us...

Life's so ironic. It takes sadness to know what happiness is, noise to appreciate silence...

Life's so ironic. It takes sadness to know what happiness is, noise to appreciate silence...

Never dress down for the poor. They won't respect you for it. They want their...

Never dress down for the poor. They won't respect you for it. They want their...

When one's expectations are reduced to zero, one really appreciates everything one does have

When one's expectations are reduced to zero, one really appreciates everything one does have

I didn't come here to make friends. I came here to get acceptance and appreciation...

I didn't come here to make friends. I came here to get acceptance and appreciation...

No one is as capable of gratitude as one who has emerged from the kingdom...

No one is as capable of gratitude as one who has emerged from the kingdom...

Writing and learning and thinking are the same process

Writing and learning and thinking are the same process

Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give...

Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give...