Gian Carlo Menotti Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“I'm not very sympathetic to the tendency to bring art to the people.”

“It takes a Bobby White to make a tired 90-year-old composer write a song about love.”

“Now, all of a sudden, every college and every university has an opera theater. Every little city has its little group.”

“One lived in the impression that nobody could ever compete with the 'Nutcracker' or 'A Christmas Carol.'”

“People ask me whether I'm religious. Well, in a certain way, I am.”

“Writing beautiful melodies is not fashionable because it is very difficult to do.”

“As a little boy of 3 or 4, I became lame. Something was wrong with my right leg. There are pictures of me being pulled around in a little wagon. The doctors didn't know what to do. So my nanny took me to the miraculous Madonna at Sacro Monte in Varese, the priest blessed me, and I walked.”

“I have the feeling that everybody was waiting for me to die so they could rediscover me. Then they found out I'm not dead yet, so they are rediscovering me while I'm still alive.”

“I really don't think I have that much of the gift; I have a little bit, but I wish I were Schubert or Chopin or Beethoven, though Beethoven had a very difficult time writing melody, too.”

“It was my contention that opera can not only pay for itself if it is well given, but it can also command a much wider audience if given like a play with lots of rehearsals and wonderful singers that fit the role.”