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> [When I started, I'd never had a conducting lesson in my life; I could just do it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bonynge/when-i-started-i-d-never-had-a-conducting-lesson-in-my-life-i-could/)

[Richard Bonynge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bonynge/)

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## More by Richard Bonynge

> [Lots of young singers come to me and ask, 'May I sing to you?' I say, 'Yes, you can sing to me as long…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bonynge/lots-of-young-singers-come-to-me-and-ask-may-i-sing-to-you-i-say-yes/)

[Richard Bonynge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bonynge/)

> [I am busy all day long. Never bored - I don't know what the word means.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bonynge/i-am-busy-all-day-long-never-bored-i-don-t-know-what-the-word-means/)

[Richard Bonynge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bonynge/)

> [Don't talk to me about Freud. I'll go up the wall!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bonynge/don-t-talk-to-me-about-freud-i-ll-go-up-the-wall/)

[Richard Bonynge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bonynge/)

> [I'm very fortunate. I've led a charmed life, I think.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bonynge/i-m-very-fortunate-i-ve-led-a-charmed-life-i-think/)

[Richard Bonynge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bonynge/)

> [I think the air in New York is death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bonynge/i-think-the-air-in-new-york-is-death/)

[Richard Bonynge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bonynge/)

> [I like digging around. I'm a real magpie. I used to raid the old music shops in the early '50s in Paris and Brussels.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bonynge/i-like-digging-around-i-m-a-real-magpie-i-used-to-raid-the-old-music/)

[Richard Bonynge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bonynge/)

> [The idea is not to have one great singer surrounded by a bunch of nit wits. When the others are good, too, that's when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bonynge/the-idea-is-not-to-have-one-great-singer-surrounded-by-a-bunch-of-nit/)

[Richard Bonynge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bonynge/)

> [I am one of the luckiest people ever born.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bonynge/i-am-one-of-the-luckiest-people-ever-born/)

[Richard Bonynge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bonynge/)

> [I go to bed at midnight and get up at 9. I never take a nap. I don't get tired.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bonynge/i-go-to-bed-at-midnight-and-get-up-at-9-i-never-take-a-nap-i-don-t/)

[Richard Bonynge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bonynge/)

> [If I can't do an opera as well as most people, I won't do it at all. I don't want to touch Wagner because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bonynge/if-i-can-t-do-an-opera-as-well-as-most-people-i-won-t-do-it-at-all-i/)

[Richard Bonynge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bonynge/)

> [I've had a wonderful life - I really didn't expect to have this career.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bonynge/i-ve-had-a-wonderful-life-i-really-didn-t-expect-to-have-this-career/)

[Richard Bonynge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bonynge/)

> [The most important thing for any performer is to know your own weaknesses. It's much more important to know what you can't do than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bonynge/the-most-important-thing-for-any-performer-is-to-know-your-own/)

[Richard Bonynge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bonynge/)

> [You go to a musical; you are deafened by them, with everything blown up. I remember musicals when they didn't use microphones.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bonynge/you-go-to-a-musical-you-are-deafened-by-them-with-everything-blown-up/)

[Richard Bonynge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bonynge/)

> [When I started, I'd never had a conducting lesson in my life; I could just do it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bonynge/when-i-started-i-d-never-had-a-conducting-lesson-in-my-life-i-could/)

[Richard Bonynge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bonynge/)

> [It takes a big voice a long time to develop properly; the bigger it is, the harder it is to develop the technique.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bonynge/it-takes-a-big-voice-a-long-time-to-develop-properly-the-bigger-it-is/)

[Richard Bonynge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bonynge/)

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