Born Quote by Iris Apfel

I think you're born with style, but you have to develop it. You can be born with the talent to be an opera star,…

— Iris Apfel

I did not want to be the accompanist to an operatic star. But I was at a very high level for a 16-year-old, and…

— Simon Helberg

Opera requires singers with exceptional talent and years of rigorous, formal training.

— Jackie Fuchs

I have never called myself an opera singer. Other people do, but I always call myself a classical singer. I'd love to do opera,…

— Katherine Jenkins

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

— Emmy Rossum

You were born to rock, you'll never be an opera star.

— Neil Young

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

— Da'Vine Joy Randolph

In a way, being an opera singer is like being a very romantic sixteen-year-old who falls in love with great passion and conviction every…

— Renee Fleming

Opera requires an enormous commitment. You must devote your whole life to producing that extraordinary sound.

— Roger Allam

You have to have a talent for having talent.

— Ruth Gordon

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

— Nico

The very beautiful and very touching thing about opera singers is they are very willing to do whatever you want. Unlike actors, who constantly…

— Simon McBurney