Langston Hughes Quotes

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

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

In the '80s, everyone wanted to be in opera. It was groovy.

I'd hate this to get out but I really like opera.

For me, few things are more compelling than watching a great opera.

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

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.

For years, I wasn't in the least bit interested in opera.

Mostly what I listen to when I turn on my little iPod is opera.

Sometimes, going to see one opera is hard because you don't know the genre. Good opera is like good wine. There are so many varieties, and it helps to inform you about what you like when you see a lot.

Of all the noises known to man, opera is the most expensive.

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

Actually I do not listen to much opera music.

I have attended operas, whenever I could not help it, for fourteen years now; I am sure I know of no agony comparable to the listening to an unfamiliar opera.

Maybe I should try singing like a man.

I went to watch Pavarotti once. He doesn't like it when you join in.

The first opera I went to see was Maria Callas singing 'Tosca'.

The point of opera is that people are moved by the emotions and music.

My favorite type of music to sing is definitely those big ballads, I just love doing those power ballads.

I have always loved music and singing, and I am open to listen to any type of music. Regardless of my mood, my heart is always set racing when I listen to opera. When I decide which music I want to hear, my choice is almost invariably an opera recording.

Let's be clear: I love singing at the Met.

I wasn't the best in my class at the Royal Academy. There was a really good soprano and baritone who were technically better and are doing really well in opera now. But I was definitely the best mezzo-soprano in my class, because I was the only one of those!

I love listening to pop songs in Spanish and Italian.

I am very much into voices. I would say I'm a fan of voices, not of sound. I'm a fan of singers, not of bands.

My dad used to sing in a quartet. He loved everything: adult contemporary, anything smooth. He'd listen to the quartets.