I Want To Be Famous Everywhere.

In Opera, As With Any Performing Art, To Be In Great Demand And To Command High Fees You Must Be Good Of Course, But You Must Also Be Famous. The Two Are Different Things.

I Am A Very Simple Person. In Spite Of All That Has Happened To Me, I Have Tried To Remain The Simple Person I Started Out.

If You See Me Once, You Cannot Confuse Me With Another.

I Want To Be Famous Everywhere.

You Never Know What Little Bundle Of Encouragements Artists Carry Around With Them, What Little Pats On The Back From What Hands, What Newspaper Clipping, What Word Of Hope From What Teacher. I Suppose The So-called Faith In Ourselves Is The Foundation Of Our Talent, But I Am Sure These Encouragements Are The Mortar That Holds It Together.