Emote Quote by John Mellencamp

I don't like the word rock opera, but I'm trying to write on that level that's reserved for plays still, or novels.

— Lou Reed

I felt that I really couldn't be creative with opera. You're supposed to sound this way here. You're supposed to crescendo here. You're supposed…

— Alex Winston

Dare to be honest and fear no labor. ... Opera is where a man gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he sings.

— Robert Burns

“I like your opera - I think I will set it to music”

— Ludwig van Beethoven

People who know me as a hard-core rocker who positively despises musicals might be surprised to find that I am a huge fan of…

— Jackie Fuchs

I liked your opera. I think I will set it to music.

— Ludwig van Beethoven

You don't have to make a grand, exaggerated sound to sing opera.

— Andris Nelsons

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

— Neil Young

I don't find writing for the theater that different from writing a rock song.

— David Bryan

Opera is when a guy gets stabbed in the back and instead of bleeding, he sings.

— Anonymous

But Opera Man, I go, 'Oh, crap! Why didn't I think of that?' Because I could sing fake opera pretty good.

— Jon Lovitz

I'm an opera lover.

— Bruno Sammartino