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Opera Is An Extremely Disciplined Art Form, And Every Excess A Singer Indulges In Has A Direct Effect On The Voice.

I Had Found A Kind Of Serenity, A New Maturity. I Didn't Feel Better Or Stronger Than Anyone Else But It Seemed No Longer Important Whether Everyone Loved Me Or Not - More Important Now Was For Me To Love Them. Feeling That Way Turns Your Whole Life Around; Living Becomes The Act Of Giving.

There Were Times In My Career ... When I Felt Like A Trapeze Artist Doing Dangerous Somersaults Without A Net Underneath. When You Execute Those Somersaults Flawlessly, The Audience Feels The Same Sense Of Triumph The Performer Does.

A Happy Woman Is One Who Has No Cares At All; A Cheerful Woman Is One Who Has Cares But Doesn't Let Them Get Her Down.

There Are An Awful Lot Of Skinny People In The Cemetery.