Say Opera Quotes by Lesley Garrett

I performed in Sydney some years ago for the Sydney Festival and I am just so pleased to be returning to the wonderful Sydney…

— Lesley Garrett

I do a lot of vocal hygiene.

— Lesley Garrett

I saw The Sound of Music when I was 10 and thought that it was the most beautiful singing I had ever heard.

— Lesley Garrett

What people really should be able to be confident in is that the standards of music- making that classically trained musicians present is elite,…

— Lesley Garrett

Music is there to access those dark emotional corners that we don't normally get too close to.

— Lesley Garrett

I'm engaging my diaphragm as I'm speaking to you right now.

— Lesley Garrett

The musical heritage of Yorkshire is deep and wide.

— Lesley Garrett

I also have to support my speaking voice by sitting in a way that engages the diaphragm in the way I would for singing.

— Lesley Garrett

And woven into the fabric of this harsh existence was music.

— Lesley Garrett

That was when I realised that music is the most profound, magical form of communication there is.

— Lesley Garrett

I would just like to say that opera is no longer about fat people in breastplates shattering wine glasses.

— Lesley Garrett

Nobody inspired me more than Julie Andrews, who is a classically trained soprano herself.

— Lesley Garrett