List of Kiri Te Kanawa Quotes

I Really Believe I've Been A Good Person. Not Perfect - Forget About Perfect - But Just Learning By What I Was Taught And Living By My Own Values. I Might Have Stepped On A Few Ants - And A Few Other Things As Well - But I've Never Hurt Anybody.

My Children Are My Children. There's No Doubt About That At All. They're Very Strong Towards Me, Very Protective, And I Towards Them. It Works Both Ways.

I Felt That The Studio Recording Process Makes You Stand Still Too Long.

When I'm Alone At Home, I Really Prefer To Listen To Wagner's Orchestral Music Rather Than Any Vocal Music. I Find It Illuminating Not To Have To Pay Attention To Voices In The Recordings.

I Grew Up In The New Zealand Countryside. We Didn't Have Television Until I Was 14, So Sing-alongs Were Our Only Entertainment.

I'm More Confident Now Than I've Ever Been. As You Get Older, You Have To Be.

The Word 'no' Is A Very Good Word In A Singer's Repertoire.

My Energy Is Undiminished. Someone Said To Me The Other Day, 'are You Retired?' And I Said, 'well, I'm Just Trying To Prove That I'm Not.' There's So Many Things To Do.

That's Been My Sort Of Aim In Life, To Never Miss An Opportunity.

I Never Had The Influence Of Any Other Singer In My Music, So I Sounded Like Myself All The Time.

I Knew That I Could Be More Creative Onstage, To State My Own Case And Deliver My Own Interpretation Of The Role Much More Aggressively Than In The Recording Studio.

When I Perform Strauss, It Is As If The Music Fits Me Like A Glove. My Voice Seems To Lie In A Happy Area In This Music, Which Is Lyrical And Passionate At The Same Time.