--- title: "5 Course Quotes By Jessye Norman" description: "5 Course quotes by Jessye Norman. Plus more from Jessye Norman and more Course sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ded/jessye-norman-13345_because_i-feel-comfortable-singing-in-the-great_853785.png" --- > [I feel comfortable singing in the great cathedrals of the world because I spent so much time as a child singing in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessye-norman/i-feel-comfortable-singing-in-the-great-cathedrals-of-the-world/) [Jessye Norman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessye-norman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ded/jessye-norman-13345_because_i-feel-comfortable-singing-in-the-great_853785.png) > [There is a lot of propaganda about opera singers not being able to act. That's not necessarily true and hasn't been true…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessye-norman/there-is-a-lot-of-propaganda-about-opera-singers-not-being-able-to/) [Jessye Norman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessye-norman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/534/jessye-norman-13345_able_there-is-a-lot-of-propaganda-about-opera_1431759.jpg) > [I knew that I was loved. And that's such an important thing. And, of course, at such an early age, you take…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessye-norman/i-knew-that-i-was-loved-and-that-s-such-an-important-thing-and-of/) [Jessye Norman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessye-norman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d7/jessye-norman-13345_across_i-knew-that-i-was-loved-and-that-s-such_1465472.jpg) > [I think that, certainly, most of my operatic roles are in German. I think it happened because, of course, I was lucky…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessye-norman/i-think-that-certainly-most-of-my-operatic-roles-are-in-german-i/) [Jessye Norman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessye-norman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc4/jessye-norman-13345_because_i-think-that-certainly-most-of-my-operat_1555440.png) > [Growing up in Augusta in such a protected and loving community is something that I really enjoy talking about. I love talking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessye-norman/growing-up-in-augusta-in-such-a-protected-and-loving-community-is/) [Jessye Norman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessye-norman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89d/jessye-norman-13345_about_growing-up-in-augusta-in-such-a-protecte_2125688.png) ## Other authors on Course ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/course/jessye-norman/#itemlist", "name": "5 Course Quotes By Jessye Norman", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I feel comfortable singing in the great cathedrals of the world because I spent so much time as a child singing in church. And it isn't very different. 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