One needs more than ambition and talent to make a success of anything, really. There must be love and a vocation. — Jessye Norman Copy Share Image
I love singing jazz. I don't like the idea that classical music should be over here and jazz should be someplace else.… — Jessye Norman Copy Share Image
I was given the opportunity to write the kind of book that I wanted to write, rather than one that catalogues where… — Jessye Norman Copy Share Image
I knew that I was loved. And that's such an important thing. And, of course, at such an early age, you take… — Jessye Norman Copy Share Image
I was given a stethoscope in a child's 'doctor's bag' at about age six and I loved it! One could hear the… — Jessye Norman Copy Share Image
Growing up in Augusta in such a protected and loving community is something that I really enjoy talking about. I love talking… — Jessye Norman Copy Share Image
I read everything. I'll read a John Grisham novel, I'll sit and read a whole book of poems by Maya Angelou, or… — Jessye Norman Copy Share Image
One of the reasons that I take such joy in being a trustee of the New York Public Library is the love… — Jessye Norman Copy Share Image
One needs more than ambition and talent to make a success of anything, really. There must be love and a vocation. — Jessye Norman Copy Share Image
I have a particular affliction. I am unable to say a word I can't spell. — Jessye Norman Copy Share Image
The high notes always hard to hit. I mean, one has to understand how high notes even happen. The vocal cords have to vibrate… — Jessye Norman Copy Share Image
I want to sing more in Spanish. I want to sing the songs of Granados; the songs of Montsalvatge. To do things that truly… — Jessye Norman Copy Share Image
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… — Jessye Norman Copy Share Image
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… — Jessye Norman Copy Share Image
'Swan,' by Mary Oliver. Poems and prose. Reading from this book is as if visiting a very wise friend. There is wisdom and welcoming… — Jessye Norman Copy Share Image
If you send up a weather vane or put your thumb up in the air every time you want to do something different, to… — Jessye Norman Copy Share Image
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… — Jessye Norman Copy Share Image
I enjoy reading about the lives of musicians, and find many similarities in their ideas of preparation and their utter devotion to this great,… — Jessye Norman Copy Share Image
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,… — Jessye Norman Copy Share Image
