I was an elementary school teacher.

People think I'm disciplined. It is not discipline. It is devotion. There is a great difference.

One of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating.

I think a life in music is a life beautifully spent, and this is what I have devoted my life to.

The rivalry is with ourself. I try to be better than is possible. I fight against myself, not against the other.

If children are not introduced to music at an early age, I believe something fundamental is actually being taken from them.

Music making is the most joyful activity possible, the most perfect expression of any emotion.

Some singers want the audience to love them. I love the audience.

Learning music by reading about it is like making love by mail.

You don't need any brains to listen to music.

As an art form, opera is a rare and remarkable creation. For me, it expresses aspects of the human drama that cannot be expressed in any other way, or certainly not as beautifully.

People relate to people, and if your brand feels like people, they’ll relate to you, too.

When you read a book put all of your effort into staying present and focus your energy towards the comprehension of each and every word and how you can apply it into your daily life.

Fear is the needle that pierces us that it may carry a thread to bind us to heaven.

All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth.

When you're feeling overwhelmed in business, one smart idea can beat the biggest Super Bowl ad.

I should like to have been killed in the war.

As I get older, I feel better about myself because I've done a lot of spiritual work on myself and balanced myself out, and so I feel more confident about myself as a person and as a woman.

Conceit is lovable and unconcealed ; vanity is supreme selfishness, usually hidden.

I've seen many men avoid the region of good advice before they were really near it.

Inhale and hold the evening in your lungs.