Opera Quote by Andrea Davis Pinkney Download Open image “I'm a true opera buff. Operas make the best stories.” — Andrea Davis Pinkney ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.9 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Opera Stories
I've done a lot of operas. I've probably done more different kind of operas than anybody. — Tod Machover Copy Share Image
Opera is music AND drama. I'm prepared to sacrifice the beautiful note for the meaningful sound any time... I can make a pretty tone… — Beverly Sills Copy Share Image
Opera is something you have to educate yourself about. You have to make sure you understand the stories, what was happening politically, socially during… — Jacob Hashimoto Copy Share Image
Opera needs to be a total escape from real life. To relate to what we're going through today is fine and dandy, but it's… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
Sometimes, going to see one opera is hard because you don't know the genre. Good opera is like good wine. There are so many… — Susanna Phillips Copy Share Image
Opera requires an enormous commitment. You must devote your whole life to producing that extraordinary sound. — Roger Allam Copy Share Image
I love opera, I love writing for the voice, I love telling stories with music. — Anthony Davis Copy Share Image
Now the big question is if you are going to go to all the trouble of setting an opera and making all that music… — William Bolcom Copy Share Image
As a teenager I studied opera, believe it or not. But I just couldn't catch on to it. — Karen Black Copy Share Image
I wanted to show young people that taking a stand can be done by simply standing firm in your convictions. — Andrea Davis Pinkney Copy Share Image
One of the most refreshing changes I've seen in recent years is the blending of genres - the pushing past the hard-and-fast lines of… — Andrea Davis Pinkney Copy Share Image
The best advice I can give to any aspiring author is to write every single day. Work at the craft of writing. Take it… — Andrea Davis Pinkney Copy Share Image
I never leave home without my writing notebook, and get a lot of writing done in transit. One great place to create is while… — Andrea Davis Pinkney Copy Share Image
When I'm not writing or working on books as a publisher, I'm doing things that make me happy. One is skiing with my kids… — Andrea Davis Pinkney Copy Share Image
One of the challenges of wearing so many hats, is that I love each and every one of them! — Andrea Davis Pinkney Copy Share Image
As a publisher and author, I'm a big fan of historical fiction and also memoir. — Andrea Davis Pinkney Copy Share Image
Like any working mother, I have to balance and manage my time very carefully. My children and husband come first, of course, then my… — Andrea Davis Pinkney Copy Share Image
I studied classical opera, so I was always singing in Italian and German and French. — Wang Leehom Copy Share Image
It takes a little more time to get into the role, but not very much more. In making a record you don't have the… — Maria Callas Copy Share Image
All My Children taught me a great work ethic; you work so hard on a soap opera! It is a good way to start… — Eva LaRue Copy Share Image
My horizon on humanity is enlarged by reading the writers of poems, seeing a painting, listening to some music, some opera, which has nothing… — Wole Soyinka Copy Share Image
If you put together all the ingredients that naturally attract children - sex, violence, revenge, spectacle and vigorous noise - what you have is… — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
I never wanted to be an opera singer. I wanted to be an actress, maybe a rock singer. — Kristine Opolais Copy Share Image
My worry is that opera will become an historic art form as opposed to a living, breathing thing. — Renee Fleming Copy Share Image
I conclude that the Wagnerian operas which are already in the repertoire, and other masterworks as well, stand in no further need of my… — Franz Liszt Copy Share Image
Robert Duvall taught me years ago. He said, "You know theatre is not real. I don't like plays." You know, he doesn't like plays.… — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
The only way to stave off boredom, in a complex domesticated primate like humankind, is to increase one's intelligence. This is not appealing to… — Robert Anton Wilson Copy Share Image
Life beats down and crushes our souls and theatre reminds us that we have one. At least the type of theatre that I'm interested… — Sanford Meisner Copy Share Image
I have never heard enough classical music to be able to enjoy it; & the simple truth is, I detest it. Not mildly, but… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
