Jessye Norman Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“It is still more likely that a woman's power would be seen as aggression, and a man's power would be seen as assertion.”

“I have a particular affliction. I am unable to say a word I can't spell.”

“I like so many different kinds of music that I've never allowed myself the limitations of one particular range.”

“I want to sing more in Spanish. I want to sing the songs of Granados; the songs of Montsalvatge. To do things that truly I've not done before.”

“It takes a caring community to raise a child that will be a whole person and a contributing citizen.”

“There has never been a time when I was not committed to, involved in, or caring of, the social and political issues of my world.”

“I feel comfortable singing in the great cathedrals of the world because I spent so much time as a child singing in church. And it isn't very different. Of course, nothing looks quite like Notre Dame de Paris.”

“I knew that I was loved. And that's such an important thing. And, of course, at such an early age, you take it for granted. Of course your parents love you. Of course Mrs. Hubert across the street loves you and your godmother loves you and your grandparents love you.”

“I read everything. I'll read a John Grisham novel, I'll sit and read a whole book of poems by Maya Angelou, or I'll just read some Mary Oliver - this is a book that was given to me for Christmas. No particular genre. And I read in French, and I read in German, and I read in English. I love to see how other people use language.”

“If you send up a weather vane or put your thumb up in the air every time you want to do something different, to find out what people are going to think about it, you're going to limit yourself. That's a very strange way to live.”