Beverly Sills
Beverly Sills
Beverly Sillswas an American operatic soprano whose peak career was between the 1950s and 1970s...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionOpera Singer
Date of Birth25 May 1929
CityBrooklyn, NY
CountryUnited States of America
Beverly Sills quotes about
evening ruins whole
Why let one high C ruin your whole evening?
art perception environmental
A primary function of art and thought is to liberate the individual from the tyranny of his culture in the environmental sense and to permit him to stand beyond it in an autonomy of perception and judgment.
inspirational credit blame
I don't share blame. I don't share credit. And I don't share desserts.
trying prove-it ifs
Just sing it. Don't prove you can sing it. I know you can, you know you can. So just do it, because if you try to prove it, you'll lose.
people awful skinny
There are an awful lot of skinny people in the cemetery.
world whole-world whole
When you're in love, the whole world is Jewish.
artist careers doe
There were times in my career ... when I felt like a trapeze artist doing dangerous somersaults without a net underneath. When you execute those somersaults flawlessly, the audience feels the same sense of triumph the performer does.
work passion simple
I know that anybody who does all this and doesn't have to, everything thinks she's very driven. The truth is, I enjoy it all so! Can't it be that simple? I think it is! I don't feel overworked. I get a constant kick out of being heavily committed. Is that sick or something? God, what would I do sitting still?
art voice indulge-in
Opera is an extremely disciplined art form, and every excess a singer indulges in has a direct effect on the voice.