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> [I don't sing for anybody. I wouldn't sing for the Queen dear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-sutherland/i-don-t-sing-for-anybody-i-wouldn-t-sing-for-the-queen-dear/)

[Joan Sutherland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-sutherland/)

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## More by Joan Sutherland

> [I'm somewhat horrified because I don't think the young people today even know what history is. Some of them don't' even study History at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-sutherland/i-m-somewhat-horrified-because-i-don-t-think-the-young-people-today/)

[Joan Sutherland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-sutherland/)

> [I don't sing for anybody. I wouldn't sing for the Queen dear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-sutherland/i-don-t-sing-for-anybody-i-wouldn-t-sing-for-the-queen-dear/)

[Joan Sutherland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-sutherland/)

> [Technique is the basis of every pursuit. If you're a sportsman or you're a singer or a swimmer, well that comes under sport but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-sutherland/technique-is-the-basis-of-every-pursuit-if-you-re-a-sportsman-or-you/)

[Joan Sutherland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-sutherland/)

> [I wasn't actually trained by my mother, she said she never taught me but she was a great singer herself and I can't remember…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-sutherland/i-wasn-t-actually-trained-by-my-mother-she-said-she-never-taught-me/)

[Joan Sutherland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-sutherland/)

> [Technique is the basis of every pursuit. If youre a sportsman or youre a singer or a swimmer, well that comes under sport but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-sutherland/technique-is-the-basis-of-every-pursuit-if-youre-a-sportsman-or-youre/)

[Joan Sutherland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-sutherland/)

> [If I weren't reasonably placid, I don't think I could cope with this sort of life. To be a diva, you've got to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-sutherland/if-i-weren-t-reasonably-placid-i-don-t-think-i-could-cope-with-this/)

[Joan Sutherland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-sutherland/)

> [I know I'm not exactly a bombshell, but one has to make the best of what one's got.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-sutherland/i-know-i-m-not-exactly-a-bombshell-but-one-has-to-make-the-best-of/)

[Joan Sutherland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-sutherland/)

> [I'm very happy to sing whatever I'm singing. I've always enjoyed any role I've been given at a certain time. They've all been favourites,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-sutherland/i-m-very-happy-to-sing-whatever-i-m-singing-i-ve-always-enjoyed-any/)

[Joan Sutherland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-sutherland/)

> [But I think that Australians have a sort of independence, and I think that, rightly or wrongly, they tend to make their own decisions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-sutherland/but-i-think-that-australians-have-a-sort-of-independence-and-i-think/)

[Joan Sutherland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-sutherland/)

> [One is just given a talent, and it's one's duty to make the most of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-sutherland/one-is-just-given-a-talent-and-it-s-one-s-duty-to-make-the-most-of-it/)

[Joan Sutherland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-sutherland/)

> [The world we are born into-this complicated, difficult, hauntingly touching world-is the one whole thing. It is the world we awaken in, and awaken…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-sutherland/the-world-we-are-born-into-this-complicated-difficult-hauntingly/)

[Joan Sutherland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-sutherland/)

> [My voice was obviously God given and I have tried to give of myself honestly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-sutherland/my-voice-was-obviously-god-given-and-i-have-tried-to-give-of-myself/)

[Joan Sutherland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-sutherland/)

> [You can listen to what everybody says, but the fact remains that you've got to get out there and do the thing yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-sutherland/you-can-listen-to-what-everybody-says-but-the-fact-remains-that-you/)

[Joan Sutherland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-sutherland/)

> [All singers must be crazy. But we're a nice family of crazy people](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-sutherland/all-singers-must-be-crazy-but-we-re-a-nice-family-of-crazy-people/)

[Joan Sutherland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-sutherland/)

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