To be a famously successful opera singer. I wanted that since I was eight. — Danielle de Niese Copy Share Image
I was more of a light opera singer, not really much of a lounge singer. — Melinda Clarke Copy Share Image
I had classical training but I don't consider myself an opera singer though. — Emmy Rossum Copy Share Image
Very few opera singers in history have been able to cross into popular music. — Renee Fleming Copy Share Image
When you are up close to an opera singer, hearing this incredible volume of noise coming from a human being - its… — Eve Best Copy Share Image
In a way, being an opera singer is like being a very romantic sixteen-year-old who falls in love with great passion and… — Renee Fleming Copy Share Image
The only thing I daydreamed about was being an opera singer. But I was so skinny and so pathetic that that sort… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I had this exceptional classical music voice. If I'd followed a true path for my talent, I would have ended up being… — Lesley Manville Copy Share Image
Everyone in my family is an artist. Both my parents are painters and my mom's an opera singer. I was never shown… — Aleksa Palladino Copy Share Image
My parents were both opera singers, and they also were both heavily into religious and church music. — Rick Nielsen Copy Share Image
I had the working class ethic. I wanted to make a living and there weren't many opportunities for an opera singer in… — Jane McDonald Copy Share Image
I originally wanted to be an opera singer. I studied classical voice at the University of Washington but soon realised I didn't… — Kyle MacLachlan Copy Share Image
“The Minister-President or the richest magnate could walk the streets of Vienna without anyone turning around, but a court actor or an… — Stefan Zweig Copy Share Image
The very beautiful and very touching thing about opera singers is they are very willing to do whatever you want. Unlike actors,… — Simon McBurney Copy Share Image
Whether you're an opera singer, a legislator or customer service operator, there is a way that we can find common ground with… — Charity Sunshine Tillemann-Dick Copy Share Image
The voice muscle doesn't last forever. I have a lot of friends who are classical and opera singers. My friend Beverly Sills… — Johnny Mathis Copy Share Image
A cabaret song has got to be written - for the middle voice, ideally - because you've got to hear the wit… — James Fenton Copy Share Image
The real exertion in the case of an opera singer lies not so much in her singing as in her acting of… — Maria Jeritza Copy Share Image
You're always in a tunnel that you can't see the end of. But there's something that took place on this movie that… — Dustin Hoffman Copy Share Image
“I feel it coming, but I can't stop it. PANIC. They left me.My parents actually left me! IN FRANCE! Meanwhile, Paris is… — Stephanie Perkins Copy Share Image
One of my sisters wanted to be an opera singer. So, we spent a few dollars to try to train her, because… — Pat Cooper Copy Share Image
“You're trying to be cool now , Leif? Seriously?" "I am the shit, home slice, straight up," he replied. "No. I mean,… — Kevin Hearne Copy Share Image
I am singing in an operatic voice for the public, to bring something more to Rock and Roll. Because in a Rock… — Klaus Nomi Copy Share Image
“Our White - Whites were a mixed crowd,including a well - known doctor,owner of a chateau near Versailles,an opera singer with an… — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
There's a kind of a line between music and math, so I guess I got the music gene, thank goodness. But my… — Olivia Newton-John Copy Share Image
I started learning how to belt when I was about 10, and I had a great aunt who was an opera singer… — Susan Tedeschi Copy Share Image
My mom was an opera singer, and she gave up her career to raise a family. But she also taught my sisters… — Tika Sumpter Copy Share Image
If I were an opera singer, I"d have sung you an aria. If I were an artist, I would have painted your… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
Both my mother and my grandmother aspired to be opera singers. And they studied it. — Jihae Copy Share Image
I wanted to be an opera singer, but the discipline needed to maintain a healthy voice and that was not for me. — Bridget Everett Copy Share Image
My father was an opera singer who constantly tried to persuade me not to enter into an artistic career. — Jose Jose Copy Share Image
My family was very musical. My brother is an opera singer; my parents both sang. — Blythe Danner Copy Share Image
My parents were opera singers and voice teachers, so growing up, I admired musicians and dancers. — Sandra Bullock Copy Share Image
I wasn't cut out to be an opera singer, but it was a nice fantasy for a teenager growing up in Hungary… — Andy Grove Copy Share Image
My mom was an opera singer. She did all the classical music, and I heard it. I know every opera. I know… — Bakermat Copy Share Image
Then I trained as an opera singer for four years before I started singing professionally as a pop act. — Jane McDonald Copy Share Image
When you decide to become an opera singer, it's a commitment that allows nothing else to interfere. Even your family - and… — Lucy Lawless Copy Share Image
