Cutting Quote by Andy Grove

To be a famously successful opera singer. I wanted that since I was eight.

— Danielle de Niese

I was attracted to opera when I was 15 or 16. A very rich man in England bankrupted himself to put on a lot…

— Bernard Williams

I'm a classically trained opera singer. I thought that was my journey.

— Da'Vine Joy Randolph

As a teenager I studied opera, believe it or not. But I just couldn't catch on to it.

— Karen Black

I sang opera for over four years when I was younger.

— Lele Pons

Opera was an enormous part of my childhood. My parents were both opera buffs, and they met in the box seat of an opera…

— Daniel Handler

My parents were opera singers and voice teachers, so growing up, I admired musicians and dancers.

— Sandra Bullock

It was just as shocking for me to sing opera in a falsetto soprano in Germany.

— Klaus Nomi

I was constantly being pushed toward a European ideal of what it means to be a classical or opera singer, let's say in the…

— Renee Fleming

I wanted to be an opera singer since I was a very little girl.

— Nico

I had classical training but I don't consider myself an opera singer though.

— Emmy Rossum

My parents were both opera singers, and they also were both heavily into religious and church music.

— Rick Nielsen