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Don't Come To Me With Your Troubles. I Have To Work For My Money And You Are Young Enough To Work Too. If You Can't Make Enough Money To Live On You Can Jump Out Of The Window Or Drown Yourself.

There Must Be A Law Against Forcing Children To Perform At An Early Age. Children Should Have A Wonderful Childhood. They Should Not Be Given Too Much Responsibility.

It Takes A Little More Time To Get Into The Role, But Not Very Much More. In Making A Record You Don't Have The Sense Of Projection Over A Distance As In An Opera House. We Have This Microphone And This Magnifies All Details Of A Performance, All Exaggerations. In The Theater, You Can Get Away With A Very Large, Very Grand Phrase. For The Microphone, You Have To Tone It Down. It's The Same As Making A Film, Your Gestures Will Be Seen In Close-up, So They Cannot Be Exaggerated As They Would Be In A Theater.

An Opera Begins Long Before The Curtain Goes Up And Ends Long After It Has Come Down. It Starts In My Imagination, It Becomes My Life, And It Stays Part Of My Life Long After I've Left The Opera House.

I Admire Tebaldi's Tone; It's Beautiful - Also Some Beautiful Phrasing. Sometimes, I Actually Wish I Had Her Voice.