If The Student Could Give Up Her

We Are Rich In The Quantity Of Songs Rather Than In The Quality. The Singer Has To Go Through Hundreds Of Compositions Before He Finds One That Really Says Something.

The Sincerity Of The Art Worker Must Permeate The Song As Naturally As The Green Leaves Break Through The Dead Branches In Springtime.

Acquiring A Repertoire In These Days, When The Vocal Literature Is So Immense, So Overwhelming, That The Student With Sense Will Devote All His Energies To Work And Not Imagine Himself A Martyr To Art.

Vocal Study Before Age 20 Is Likely To Be Injurious, Though Some Survive It In The Hands Of Very Careful And Understanding Teachers.

Just As The Bird Sings Or The Butterfly Soars, Because It Is His Natural Characteristic, So The Artist Works.