Nellie Melba Quotes:
Ocupation: Operatic soprano
Life: May 19, 1861 - February 23, 1931
Birthday: May 19
Death: February 23
If I'd been a housemaid I'd have been the best in Australia - I couldn't help it. It's got to be perfection for me.
source: Said to the conductor Fritz Hart. Quoted in John Thompson On Lips of LivingMen (1962).
topic: Women, Australia, Perfection, Housemaids
