I was born in Montreal and came from a lower-middle-class family. — Maureen Forrester Born Copy Share Image
My mother was a wonderful, wonderful woman with a lovely voice who hated housework, hated cooking even more and loved her children.… — Maureen Forrester Arranging Copy Share Image
I thought I should go to New York because it was the place to go to study. I went and tried to… — Maureen Forrester Application Copy Share Image
Perhaps, once I am gone, the one thing I might be remembered for is having sung a great deal of Mahler with… — Maureen Forrester Conductor Copy Share Image
By the time I was four, I would walk around the corner and wait at a local streetcar stop, get on the… — Maureen Forrester Around the corner Copy Share Image
Another turn in my life happened when I took on the Canada Council. — Maureen Forrester Canada Copy Share Image
I have had five phenomenal children, a great husband and, even though we are separated, we are good friends. — Maureen Forrester Children Copy Share Image
I have been all over the world. I have met some wonderful people, lots of them very simple, whom nobody will ever… — Maureen Forrester Fabulous Copy Share Image
It makes one a better person to have had hardships and to have overcome hardships and not to blame anybody else for… — Maureen Forrester Better person Copy Share Image
Singing beautiful melodies is one thing, but to deliver the text so that the people understand it, even in a foreign language,… — Maureen Forrester Beautiful Copy Share Image
Young people can get very discouraged and get hooked on drugs or on alcohol because of problems they perceive as insurmountable. It… — Maureen Forrester Alcohol Copy Share Image
When I started to sing, my mother would have me engaged to perform at the Women's Christian Temperance Union national or annual… — Maureen Forrester Annuals Copy Share Image
I had a wonderful childhood, but I was a wanderer from year one. — Maureen Forrester Childhood Copy Share Image
That is what I always tell service clubs: If you hear of somebody who is very young and talented, pick them up… — Maureen Forrester Assistance Copy Share Image
Making a living in the arts, though, creates so many jobs for other people. — Maureen Forrester Art Copy Share Image
After Bruno Walter, my career went in leaps and bounds. I have had 35 years of a career that is just incredible,… — Maureen Forrester Bounds Copy Share Image
If somebody asks me to recommend a young, good singer, I always do. — Maureen Forrester Ask me Copy Share Image
My book has a lot of parts of my life that people don't know about. — Maureen Forrester Book Copy Share Image
