If I felt that one of my operas did not come off I would certainly say so. — Carlisle Floyd Copy Share Image
I loved writing 'Lost.' It was like a never-ending opera, in a way. — Michael Giacchino Copy Share Image
'The Phantom of the Opera' is about love. It's as simple as that. — Andrew Lloyd Webber Copy Share Image
At 7, I was at the barre and dancing at folk festivals. Then I was a student with the ballet school of… — Maria Karnilova Copy Share Image
They're getting me involved in intrigue again, and I think it follows a classic formula in a soap opera. — Michael Zaslow Copy Share Image
People who know me as a hard-core rocker who positively despises musicals might be surprised to find that I am a huge… — Jackie Fuchs Copy Share Image
Professionally, I did a couple of operas when I was in school, when I was 18. — Lucy Griffiths Copy Share Image
Counterfeit Kings is the King Lear of space operas. Science fiction has a fresh, new, no-nonsense voice and his name is Adam… — Steven-Elliot Altman Copy Share Image
This is not a rock opera. This is not Tommy. I can write songs that emote, and that's it. — John Mellencamp Copy Share Image
A resolution to attend theatres or operas is an absolute disqualification for Holy Orders. — Samuel Wilberforce Copy Share Image
Well, opera began with an intent to resuscitate Greek drama, that is, modern opera as we know it. — John Eaton Copy Share Image
The word 'operatic' is often misused to mean over the top, where someone is over-emoting. And that does a terrible disservice because… — James Gray Copy Share Image
My first offer was when I was 12, and it was for a soap opera. And I turned it down because I… — Claire Danes Copy Share Image
My stepfather was quite into opera, but he'd play it when he was in a bad mood, so you'd hear this boom… — Sam Taylor-Johnson Copy Share Image
When I'm about to train a new opera, I first listen to how Jussi Björling did it. His voice was unique and… — Luciano Pavarotti 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
It's necessary to track characters all the way through an opera. If you're dealing with more than one or two characters, it's… — Carlisle Floyd Copy Share Image
For me, the most enjoyable type of singing is opera. It allows you to move, to wear a costume... to do something… — Andrea Bocelli Copy Share Image
You say grace before meals. All right. But I say grace before the concert and the opera, and grace before the play… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Goodness gracious me,” exclaimed Alexia, “what are you wearing? It looks like the unfortunate progeny of an illicit union between a pair… — Gail Carriger Copy Share Image
Because I have conducted my own operas and love sheep-dogs; because I generally dress in tweeds, and sometimes, at winter afternoon concerts,… — Ethel Smyth Copy Share Image
I read a story about some old opera singer once, and when a guy asked her to marry him, she took him… — Janis Joplin Copy Share Image
The majority of American writers today have chosen passive non-resistance to things as they are, producing sloughs of poetry about their personal… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
You don't win an Olympic gold medal with a few weeks of intensive training. There's no such thing as an overnight opera… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
In my mother's church, everybody read the Bible and it was mostly about music. My mother had the most beautiful voice I… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
But, in North Korea, it's just the opposite. There's one story. It's written by the Kim regime. And 23 million people are… — Adam Johnson Copy Share Image
Contemporary art is based on that an artist is supposed to go into art history in the same way as an art… — Odd Nerdrum Copy Share Image
Grand opera is a form of musical entertainment for people who hate music. — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
It's in my genes. My mother was an opera singer. I'm clearly dramatic. — Mariah Carey Copy Share Image
