"I'm completely in charge of my own life……" — Kiri Te Kanawa
"I'm completely in charge of my own life now. Sometimes there's no one there to slap me on the hand and say: 'Stop being so bullish and bossy,' and things like that."
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Kiri Te Kanawa
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16 Quotes by Kiri Te Kanawa
Kiri Te Kanawa has 16 quotes on this site.
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When I perform Strauss, it is as if the music fits me like a glove. My voice seems to lie…
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When I'm alone at home, I really prefer to listen to Wagner's orchestral music rather than any vocal music. I…
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I knew that I could be more creative onstage, to state my own case and deliver my own interpretation of…
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I felt that the studio recording process makes you stand still too long.
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Opera is for a lifetime, not just a minute.
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I grew up in the New Zealand countryside. We didn't have television until I was 14, so sing-alongs were our…
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I never had the influence of any other singer in my music, so I sounded like myself all the time.
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I'm more confident now than I've ever been. As you get older, you have to be.
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The word 'no' is a very good word in a singer's repertoire.
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My energy is undiminished. Someone said to me the other day, 'Are you retired?' and I said, 'Well, I'm just…
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I really believe I've been a good person. Not perfect - forget about perfect - but just learning by what…
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My children are my children. There's no doubt about that at all. They're very strong towards me, very protective, and…
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Being young and trying to catch a glimpse of the depths, of the true self, of the soul, or whatever…
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I'll be bossy and damn proud! Banning words, please. Try banning the system that produces polices that promote inequity.
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My, aren't we bossy today. Give a girl an army and it goes straight to her head.
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Who are the people, for example, to whom you go for advice? Not to the hard, practical ones who can…
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Go to a playground: Little girls get called 'bossy' all the time, a word that's almost never used for boys.…
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Next time you're about to call your daughter bossy, take a deep breath and say, 'My daughter has executive leadership…
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Girls are twice as likely as boys to avoid leadership roles for fear of being deemed ‘bossy’ by their peers,
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I like bossy girls. I always have. I like people filled with life.
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I am not bossy, I am the boss.
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