One Does Not Study For A Goal.

French Is, In Many Ways, More Difficult For An English-speaking Person To Sing. It Is So Full Of Complex And Trying Vowels. It Requires The Utmost Subtlety.

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.

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

A Student Will Send Me An Urgent Appeal To Hear Her, Saying She Is Poor And Wants My Advice As To Whether It Is Worth While To Continue Her Studies. I Invariably Refuse Such Requests.

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