I Will Always Be As Difficult As

I Was Always Too Mature For My Age - And Not Very Happy. I Had No Young Friends. I Wish I Could Go Back To Those Days. If I Could Only Live It All Again, How I Would Play And Enjoy Other Girls. What A Fool I Was.

I Admire Tebaldi's Tone; It's Beautiful - Also Some Beautiful Phrasing. Sometimes, I Actually Wish I Had Her Voice.

I Prepare Myself For Rehearsals Like I Would For Marriage.

I Cannot Switch My Voice. My Voice Is Not Like An Elevator Going Up And Down.

An Opera Begins Long Before The Curtain Goes Up And Ends Long After It Has Come Down. It Starts In My Imagination, It Becomes My Life, And It Stays Part Of My Life Long After I've Left The Opera House.