Jessye Norman Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“One has to draw upon one's own musical thoughts and one's own musical acumen, and not to be afraid to let that come into one's work. Perhaps that comes with more experience, but perhaps it also comes with daring, and believing that you should.”

“One of the reasons that I take such joy in being a trustee of the New York Public Library is the love of reading that I found as a child in the Saturday morning library events for preschoolers and first and second graders as I was growing up in Augusta, GA.”

“There is a lot of propaganda about opera singers not being able to act. That's not necessarily true and hasn't been true for a very long time. And certainly there were those instances when singers were told they need to fit into a certain size dress. Of course, women. Men? They just make the costume bigger.”

“I am not one to equate dress size and artistic performance.”

“I am the proud and humble recipient of more than 30 honorary doctorate degrees.”

“I walk an 11-minute mile without huffing and puffing.”

“I was given a stethoscope in a child's 'doctor's bag' at about age six and I loved it! One could hear the heart beating through that plastic toy.”

“I'm a sloucher, sort of, when nobody's looking.”

“I'm dying always.”

“If I were not able to separate the art from the artists, I think I would limit myself a great deal, and life wouldn't be nearly as interesting.”