Benita Valente quotes
-
“Young singers ask me, "Do I have to live in New York?" I say, "You can live wherever you want-as long as people think you live in New York."”
-- Benita Valente -
“Why not say it? I'm bursting out of my cocoon. It was all too nice in the past - it never knocked anyone out. But last year... my first opening night at the Met - I looked out and heard all that cheering... for me... And I loved it.”
-- Benita Valente -
“Inside I have been a stabber, a screamer, a die-er from way back.”
-- Benita Valente
-
“I am not a vegetarian because I love animals; I am a vegetarian because I hate plants.”
-
“Our bombs are smarter than the average high school student. At least they can find Kuwait.”
-
Source : "I Hate the News" by Aaron Swartz, www.aaronsw.com. October 20, 2006.
-
Source : Ad Reinhardt, Barbara Rose (1991). “Art-as-art: The Selected Writings of Ad Reinhardt”, p.24, Univ of California Press
-
“You can always count on the New York Times to cut your legs off.”
-
“If you only have a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.”
-
“In America, anybody can be president. That's one of the risks you take.”
-
“The only mystery in life is why the kamikaze pilots wore helmets.”
You may also like:
-
David Del Tredici
Composer -
Gustav Mahler
Composer -
Libby Larsen
Composer -
Marilyn Horne
Soprano