Any Quote by Jessye Norman

One needs more than ambition and talent to make a success of anything, really. There must be love and a vocation.

— Jessye Norman

I am grateful that my horizons were not narrowed at the outset.

— Jessye Norman

I have a particular affliction. I am unable to say a word I can't spell.

— Jessye Norman

The high notes always hard to hit. I mean, one has to understand how high notes even happen. The vocal cords have to vibrate…

— Jessye Norman

I want to sing more in Spanish. I want to sing the songs of Granados; the songs of Montsalvatge. To do things that truly…

— Jessye Norman

I love singing jazz. I don't like the idea that classical music should be over here and jazz should be someplace else. It's all…

— Jessye Norman

I wasn't born Austrian; I wasn't born German. My roots are from Africa, and I do not have any reason for not wanting to…

— Jessye Norman

'Swan,' by Mary Oliver. Poems and prose. Reading from this book is as if visiting a very wise friend. There is wisdom and welcoming…

— Jessye Norman

If you send up a weather vane or put your thumb up in the air every time you want to do something different, to…

— Jessye Norman

There's no anger ever in a spiritual. There's always the dream of a hope of a better day coming. That God understands the troubles…

— Jessye Norman

I enjoy reading about the lives of musicians, and find many similarities in their ideas of preparation and their utter devotion to this great,…

— Jessye Norman

As for my voice, it cannot be categorized-and I like it that way, because I sing things that would be considered in the dramatic,…

— Jessye Norman