My grandfather was actually a doo-wop singer in Panama. They were called The Dominos. He was the high soprano voice. — Ravyn Lenae Copy Share Image
A soprano's voice is a little like a mother's cry, which is why it attracts all human beings. — Montserrat Caballe Copy Share Image
I remember at the age of, and I'll say this, 10 and a half, 11, I had a natural boy soprano. — Anthony Warlow Copy Share Image
“Why was there never an opera that ended with a soprano who was free?” — Alexander Chee Copy Share Image
I can spot a musical type. I can tell by looking at a woman whether she is a contralto or a soprano. — Walther Funk Copy Share Image
Maybe there would be a bad outcome for some of the others, but no one was going to shoot a soprano. — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
In my mind these two instruments speak to me in different ways, and the solo stuff seems to be easier to do… — Evan Parker Copy Share Image
I used to lie in bed and imagine I was performing at the Albert Hall, not that I'd ever been there. I… — Anne Reid Copy Share Image
I had four or five years in school training as a soprano. I fell into pop singing because of economics. I got… — Jo Stafford Copy Share Image
My mother had a great voice. Not like mine, not like my sister's, not like my son's - a high soprano voice,… — Barbra Streisand Copy Share Image
I'm a mezzo-soprano, so the whole diva thing... I'm not the kind of performer who puts on a persona off-stage as well,… — Joyce DiDonato Copy Share Image
Directors didn't know what to do with me in college. I didn't really sound like a belter. I didn't look like a… — Jessie Mueller Copy Share Image
“The girl in your class who suggests that this year the Drama Club put on The Bald Soprano will be a thorn… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
I feel most spiritual when I am listening to a soprano voice soaring to the top of its range at the most… — China Forbes Copy Share Image
My interest in women's voices started when I was in the boys' choir and we were singing in opera choruses. That was… — Alexander Chee Copy Share Image
“There was some rustling as the gown was cast over the soprano's shoulders, or so Lina assumed, and then the alto and… — Eloisa James Copy Share Image
As a boy soprano in the high school choir, I later sang a solo during the carol service at Canterbury Cathedral, but… — Hamish Bowles Copy Share Image
There're lots of musicians in my family, too. My mother sings incredibly well. I've got to make a record with my mother's… — Grace Jones Copy Share Image
I wasn't the best in my class at the Royal Academy. There was a really good soprano and baritone who were technically… — Katherine Jenkins Copy Share Image
My high-school a cappella teacher would embarrass me in front of the choir. 'Mavis, you're in the basement. Mavis, you're singing with… — Mavis Staples Copy Share Image
“I tried to catch the eye of everyone around me who wasn’t a soprano I. I get it. First sopranos don’t feel… — Stacy Horn Copy Share Image
I certainly know all about the Jersey jokes that amuse the rest of the country. You've probably heard them. Our state bird… — Sharon Kay Penman Copy Share Image
The soprano turned out to sound to me like the right hand on the piano. — Steve Lacy Copy Share Image
Nobody inspired me more than Julie Andrews, who is a classically trained soprano herself. — Lesley Garrett Copy Share Image
Nothing about Tony Soprano's life was glamorous. He was never somebody I wanted to be. His life was terrible. — Terence Winter Copy Share Image
I didn't want to be Nelsons's wife. I wanted to be soprano Kristine Opolais. — Kristine Opolais Copy Share Image
“Everyone knows that when advancing into danger, the soprano goes first. They are your infantry, while the altos and tenors are your… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
“The soprano studies for seven years in order to be able to open her mouth and make loud sounds for three hours… — Louise Bogan Copy Share Image
The soprano has all those other instruments in it. It's got the soprano song voice, flute, violin, clarinet, and tenor elements and… — Steve Lacy Copy Share Image
It's a crazy soprano, and singing as a man as a woman. But for many years, I was on the road in… — Max von Essen Copy Share Image
As a soprano who sings 'Lucia di Lammermoor,' I have the high notes and the trills. No problems there. But going into… — Anna Netrebko Copy Share Image
We must regard Sarah Palin as the Carmella Soprano of the GOP -- an enabling wife of organized crime, who sees, hears… — Cintra Wilson Copy Share Image
In 'Wicked,' we developed the concept that Glinda has a public persona who sings in soprano and a private persona who is,… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
