If you wish to understand me at all (and to write an autobiography is only to open a window into one's heart) you must understand first and foremost, that I am an Australian. — Nellie Melba Copy Share Image
Music is not written in red, white and blue. It is written in the heart's blood of the composer. — Nellie Melba Copy Share Image
If you wish to understand me at all (and to write an autobiography is only to open a window into one's heart) you must… — Nellie Melba Copy Share Image
You won’t be famous until people start saying the worst things they can about you. Don’t worry! It’s a good sign! — Nellie Melba Copy Share Image
The first rule in opera is the first rule in life: see to everything yourself — Nellie Melba Copy Share Image
Music is not written in red, white and blue. It is written in the heart's blood of the composer. — Nellie Melba Copy Share Image
The eternal task of song can never be finished in a single lifetime. That is the beauty and fascination of the art. Once you… — Nellie Melba Copy Share Image
If I'd been a housemaid I'd have been the best in Australia - I couldn't help it. It's got to be perfection for me. — Nellie Melba Copy Share Image
What are we singers but the silver-voiced messengers of the poet and the musician? — Nellie Melba Copy Share Image
