You don't always get what you ask for, but you never get what you don't ask for... unless it's contagious! — Beverly Sills Contagious Copy Share Image
You see why we play so many crazy ladies. We have to be crazy to start with. — Beverly Sills Crazy Copy Share Image
A happy woman is one who has no cares at all; a cheerful woman is one who has cares but doesn't let… — Beverly Sills Cheerful Copy Share Image
There is a growing strength in women, but it is in the forehead, not in the forearm. — Beverly Sills Feminism Copy Share Image
The press frequently sneers at the hype devoted to a superstar, but the press itself is responsible for all the hype. — Beverly Sills Devoted Copy Share Image
“Any excess in life is a substitute for something that's missing.” — Beverly Sills Excess Copy Share Image
Opera is an extremely disciplined art form, and every excess a singer indulges in has a direct effect on the voice. — Beverly Sills Art Copy Share Image
This joyfulness that I felt when I sang, and this need to communicate with people, these are my two strongest points. I've… — Beverly Sills Free Copy Share Image
I really do believe I can accomplish a great deal with a big grin, I know some people find that disconcerting, but… — Beverly Sills Accomplish Copy Share Image
Opera became popular in Texas the same way it did in a lot of previously isolated regions of the nation. It started… — Beverly Sills Money Copy Share Image
You can't imitate; all our faces are constructed differently... and the vocal cords; otherwise, we'd all sound alike. I don't think anybody… — Beverly Sills Alike Copy Share Image
I got out while they were still fighting to buy tickets to hear me. I believe in getting out when you're on… — Beverly Sills Believe Copy Share Image
Opera is music AND drama. I'm prepared to sacrifice the beautiful note for the meaningful sound any time... I can make a… — Beverly Sills Beautiful Copy Share Image
My voice had a long, nonstop career. It deserves to be put to bed with quiet and dignity, not yanked out every… — Beverly Sills Bed Copy Share Image
There were times in my career ... when I felt like a trapeze artist doing dangerous somersaults without a net underneath. When… — Beverly Sills Art Copy Share Image
The 'Daughter of the Regiment' that I did in Boston was vintage Sarah Caldwell, which is to say it was brilliant. Before… — Beverly Sills Career Copy Share Image
Everything you need you already have. You are complete right now, you are a whole, total person, not an apprentice person on… — Beverly Sills Apprentice Copy Share Image
At the beginning, I thought, 'Oh, I can't criticize a singer who's doing a role that I adored... even a role I… — Beverly Sills Beginning Copy Share Image
I know that anybody who does all this and doesn't have to, everything thinks she's very driven. The truth is, I enjoy… — Beverly Sills Committed Copy Share Image
I had found a kind of serenity, a new maturity... I didn't feel better or stronger than anyone else but it seemed… — Beverly Sills Feel Copy Share Image
I began by listening to my mother's collection of Amelita Galli-Curci and Lily Pons records, and then was taken (at age eight)… — Beverly Sills Age Copy Share Image
My father died five days before I returned to New York. He was only fifty-three years old. My parents and my father's… — Beverly Sills America Copy Share Image
It seemed no longer important whether everyone loved me or not, more important now was for me to love them — Beverly Sills Important Copy Share Image
The last major childhood disease remains and it's the worst of them all: nuclear war. — Beverly Sills Childhood Copy Share Image
I don't share blame. I don't share credit. And I don't share desserts. — Beverly Sills Blame Copy Share Image
I frequently say that I never share blame, I never share credit, and I never share desserts! — Beverly Sills Blame Copy Share Image
I lived through the garbage. I might as well dine on the caviar. — Beverly Sills Caviar Copy Share Image
I've always tried to go a step past wherever people expected me to end up. — Beverly Sills Expected Copy Share Image
