I am under no illusion that I will ever be the greatest opera composer in the world, with Wagner and Verdi and… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
It's very difficult to photograph an opera. And they messed up on it. It just wasn't there. And I don't blame the… — Cab Calloway Copy Share Image
Some of the opera houses in Italy had to be burnt down because people could neither see nor hear. They gave up… — Philip Johnson Copy Share Image
You could probably prove, by judicious use of logarithms and congruent triangles, that real life is a lot more like soap opera… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
The thing is I really struggle with commitments, so committing myself to six months to a year in a soap opera... I… — Kelly Brook Copy Share Image
[Rock 'n' roll] is still a primitive form and there's no way you can get away from that. It's one of the… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
I pass for a hypersensitive, reclusive neurotic, which I may well be, but I hope the year won't come when my anxieties… — Yves Saint Laurent Copy Share Image
I love film scores and opera, and I wanted to work in those forms. But theater was more accessible. And no one… — Jeff Britting Copy Share Image
I took opera lessons. I can't read music to save my life, but I would just copy and get away with it.… — Alex Winston Copy Share Image
I was 6, and I was in the opera 'Carmen.' My dad sang opera and got me into the children's chorus. I… — Owen Benjamin Copy Share Image
I felt that I really couldn't be creative with opera. You're supposed to sound this way here. You're supposed to crescendo here.… — Alex Winston Copy Share Image
Note that both of these papers [the New York Post and the New York Daily News] are big sellers in a city… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
I never learned music. I'm quite uneducated, and usually I sat in front of the TV, with soap operas on, in England.… — Graham Parker Copy Share Image
Even from far away, I could see people being chased by hellhounds, burned at the stake, forced to run naked through cactus… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Opera is complex for those who perform it, but also for those who listen to it. It takes more time, more patience… — Andrea Bocelli Copy Share Image
I think I'm aware of entering my late 30s versus being in my late 20s, when the web was coming out as… — Kalup Linzy Copy Share Image
Twentieth-century culture's disease is the inability to feel their reality. People cluster to TV, soap operas, movies, theater, pop idols and they… — Jim Morrison Copy Share Image
Wasn't it his right to listen to opera, read poetry and adventure novels, go to Europe every couple of months for some… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
Ever since 1980, sci-fi has generally been more Bladerunner than Star Wars. People talk about Star Wars being the most influential movie… — Mark Millar Copy Share Image
To be able to make a good living in a challenging medium like soap operas is great. The best is that I… — David Canary Copy Share Image
I am rooted in flamenco. At 13, I fell in love with it, but I couldn't sing it. To sing flamenco is… — Rosalia Copy Share Image
In Europe, it is not so unusual for directors to move between opera, theatre, and film, and I have at least three… — Phyllida Lloyd Copy Share Image
In the modern operas that 'Miss Saigon' and 'Les Miz' are, nobody breaks out into song from conventional book dialogue. Everything is… — Lea Salonga Copy Share Image
Before Bianca?? I don't remember that far back! That would've been in my teens. I was working in local theater and opera,… — Bianca Del Rio Copy Share Image
The political nature of 'Threepenny Opera' is immediately visible. I just think that that's not always a part of acceptable and fun… — Sasha Velour Copy Share Image
I have the greatest fans. I have fans that come from soap opera world. I have fans that come from superhero world,… — Justin Hartley Copy Share Image
I studied with Stella Adler and I didn't like the representational aspect of most opera singers. Most of the opera singers had… — Robert Davi Copy Share Image
I wonder anybody does anything at Oxford but dream and remember, the place is so beautiful. One almost expects the people to… — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
Quite a few operas are still being commissioned around the world, although nothing apart from audience popularity can ensure more than a… — Bruce Beresford Copy Share Image
“Your every emotion goes right over the top with a big audience. It's either laughter or tears, with no in-between. Those tigers… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
Do you think Duke Ellington didn't listen to Debussy? Louis Armstrong loved opera, did you know that? Name me a jazz pianist… — Dave Brubeck Copy Share Image
I was interested in opera and it seemed to me that the only possible theatre for contemporary opera would be television. So… — Robert Ashley Copy Share Image
In the case of 'The Housewives,' I call the 'Housewives' sociology of the rich. I think it's just fun to watch. It's… — Andy Cohen Copy Share Image
And whether or not you're interested in opera or classical music or folk music or the theatre, I think that for a… — Lesley Sharp Copy Share Image
When I was in college at Carnegie Mellon, one of my roommates my freshman year was a big opera fan. I had… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
I had opera training for three years, and I have three albums out. I also did a Broadway show. I'm an actor… — Jaime Camil Copy Share Image
I did grow up in France, and even though I didn't go to the school or dance with the Paris Opera Ballet,… — Benjamin Millepied Copy Share Image
I love opera so much. I would never go back to doing it, but I love to listen - I'm grateful for… — Ledisi Copy Share Image
I was attracted to opera when I was 15 or 16. A very rich man in England bankrupted himself to put on… — Bernard Williams Copy Share Image
My family were symphonic musicians and in the opera. Also, it was my era, the love of radio. We used to listen… — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share Image
![“[Rock 'n' roll] is still a primitive form and there's no way you can get away from that. It's one of the primitive art forms and that's why it's good and that's why it's lasted...you know, it hasn't become sophisticated and it's not in the opera house.” quote by Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/9e4/van-morrison-1192_art_rock-n-roll-is-still-a-primitive-form-an_465023.jpg)
![“Note that both of these papers [the New York Post and the New York Daily News] are big sellers in a city whose residents like to go around saying they'd never live anyplace else on account of they'd miss the opera.” quote by Dave Barry](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/1b1/dave-barry-222_accounts_note-that-both-of-these-papers-the-new-y_1034535.png)
