1. “Success is important only to the extent that it puts one in a position to do more things one likes to do.”
2. “Once in a while, when everything is just right, there is a moment of magic. People can live on moments of magic.”
3. “Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can – there will always come a time when you will be grateful you did.”
4. “We must continuously discipline ourselves to I remember how it felt the first moment.”
5. “Opera is everything rolled into one – music, theater. the dance, color and voices and theatrical illusions.”
6. “The fact is that great musical pieces take and hold the stage because they provide great emotional experiences.”
7. “If you can sell green toothpaste in this country, you can sell opera.”
8. “Raving mad is quite easy. You just chew up the scenery or something. It’s quite mad that’s hard.”
9. “Music – opera particularly – is a process which is endurable or successful only if it is achieved by people who love to collaborate.”
10. “The secret of living is to find people who pay you money to do what YOU would pay to o if you had the money.”
