Quotes About Music

I took opera lessons. I can't read music to save my life, but I would just copy and get away with it. I think that they thought I could read music, but I can't. I would just listen.

I find the opera part in 'The Greatest Show on Earth' challenging.

Anytime you look at anything that's considered artistic, there's a commercial world around it: the ballet, opera, any kind of music. It can't exist without it.

Sergio Leone has this weird western opera thing.

In my iPod, there are many operas, from A to Z. I have 'Aida' and 'Boheme' and 'Butterfly' and 'Cavalleria'. My passion is for opera, but when I'm in the car, I listen to everything.

More people are listening to opera, and I'm happy - everybody must be given that opportunity.

I know that my passion is for opera, but sometimes I like also to sing songs, because there are many beautiful melodies.

My real passion is for opera. It was born and developed by listening to records, and my dream as a child was to record entire operas when I grew up, and this dream came true.

I was attracted to opera when I was 15 or 16. A very rich man in England bankrupted himself to put on a lot of opera during the war, but he converted a lot of people, myself included, in the process.

We consider Monteverdi the first composer of opera. There was someone before, but everything started with Monteverdi.

I love grand opera. I can't hear 'La Boheme' without dissolving.

I've never been to the opera; I've only seen opera on DVD.

The opera in Los Angeles is excellent.

A Librettist is a mere drudge in the world of opera.

Opera? Just what the world needs: more fat women screaming.

I feel like it's a real shame that my generation doesn't make an appearance at the opera.

When we go to the opera, we put the clothes on we know we must wear for there.

To tell you the truth, I never listen to opera at home.

Well, opera began with an intent to resuscitate Greek drama, that is, modern opera as we know it.

Later, I even appeared in a Rock Opera with Richard Gere.

I don't like rock opera with back beats.

Opera is really fun.

I want to do rock operas.

I'd like to direct more operas.