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> [My arias make me take off as if I were on a trampoline.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessye-norman/my-arias-make-me-take-off-as-if-i-were-on-a-trampoline/)

[Jessye Norman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessye-norman/)

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## More by Jessye Norman

> [One needs more than ambition and talent to make a success of anything, really. There must be love and a vocation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessye-norman/one-needs-more-than-ambition-and-talent-to-make-a-success-of-anything/)

[Jessye Norman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessye-norman/)

> [I am grateful that my horizons were not narrowed at the outset.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessye-norman/i-am-grateful-that-my-horizons-were-not-narrowed-at-the-outset/)

[Jessye Norman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessye-norman/)

> [I have a particular affliction. I am unable to say a word I can't spell.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessye-norman/i-have-a-particular-affliction-i-am-unable-to-say-a-word-i-can-t-spell/)

[Jessye Norman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessye-norman/)

> [The high notes always hard to hit. I mean, one has to understand how high notes even happen. The vocal cords have to vibrate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessye-norman/the-high-notes-always-hard-to-hit-i-mean-one-has-to-understand-how/)

[Jessye Norman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessye-norman/)

> [I want to sing more in Spanish. I want to sing the songs of Granados; the songs of Montsalvatge. To do things that truly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessye-norman/i-want-to-sing-more-in-spanish-i-want-to-sing-the-songs-of-granados/)

[Jessye Norman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessye-norman/)

> [I love singing jazz. I don't like the idea that classical music should be over here and jazz should be someplace else. It's all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessye-norman/i-love-singing-jazz-i-don-t-like-the-idea-that-classical-music-should/)

[Jessye Norman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessye-norman/)

> [I wasn't born Austrian; I wasn't born German. My roots are from Africa, and I do not have any reason for not wanting to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessye-norman/i-wasn-t-born-austrian-i-wasn-t-born-german-my-roots-are-from-africa/)

[Jessye Norman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessye-norman/)

> ['Swan,' by Mary Oliver. Poems and prose. Reading from this book is as if visiting a very wise friend. There is wisdom and welcoming…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessye-norman/swan-by-mary-oliver-poems-and-prose-reading-from-this-book-is-as-if/)

[Jessye Norman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessye-norman/)

> [If you send up a weather vane or put your thumb up in the air every time you want to do something different, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessye-norman/if-you-send-up-a-weather-vane-or-put-your-thumb-up-in-the-air-every/)

[Jessye Norman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessye-norman/)

> [There's no anger ever in a spiritual. There's always the dream of a hope of a better day coming. That God understands the troubles…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessye-norman/there-s-no-anger-ever-in-a-spiritual-there-s-always-the-dream-of-a/)

[Jessye Norman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessye-norman/)

> [I enjoy reading about the lives of musicians, and find many similarities in their ideas of preparation and their utter devotion to this great,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessye-norman/i-enjoy-reading-about-the-lives-of-musicians-and-find-many/)

[Jessye Norman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessye-norman/)

> [As for my voice, it cannot be categorized-and I like it that way, because I sing things that would be considered in the dramatic,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessye-norman/as-for-my-voice-it-cannot-be-categorized-and-i-like-it-that-way/)

[Jessye Norman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessye-norman/)

> [The very best thing that could happen to a voice, if it shows any promise at all, is when it is very young to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessye-norman/the-very-best-thing-that-could-happen-to-a-voice-if-it-shows-any/)

[Jessye Norman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessye-norman/)

> [There have been occasions - and I think it's very good for any human being that such occasions would be rare - that one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessye-norman/there-have-been-occasions-and-i-think-it-s-very-good-for-any-human/)

[Jessye Norman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessye-norman/)

> [We singers have a different level of responsibility from other musicians. We have words that we must convey; we have meanings that we must…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessye-norman/we-singers-have-a-different-level-of-responsibility-from-other/)

[Jessye Norman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessye-norman/)

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