Beverly Sills Quotes

I think everybody's nuts.

I don't like to be crazy on different levels all of the time.

Believe me - I've done very good stuff and very crazy stuff, and I don't regret the crazy stuff.

Pushing the boundaries of what's acceptable - to me, that's something I'm definitely interested in and want to pursue.

All I really want to do is things I haven't done. 'I'm gonna put a paper bag on my head and be on the cover of 'Billboard,' see what I can get away with - if they'll let me.' And they let me. And I am literally giggling inside for, like, a month that I got away with it.

Raving mad is quite easy. You just chew up the scenery or something. It's quiet mad that's hard.

I met a bipolar bear. He laughed, cried, then wanted a threesome.

I think perhaps all of us go a little crazy at times.

Two scoops of crazy with a side of coo coo ca choo

You know, addressing my crazy by name doesn’t exactly help me stay sane,” I said. “Nothing can help you stay sane at this point, Mason,” said Becks. “That ship has sailed.

Knowing that you're crazy doesn't make the crazy things stop happening.

The message is risk, really risk. Be yourself. Create.

I've always been a lunatic.

It was high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, 'always do what you are afraid to do.'

I think men are more adventurous in that they're more likely to take chances. Women play it safe. But now, maybe more of the women that see how it's working for the guys think, 'I can do that, too'. Maybe they'll pick male players, not necessarily female players; it's just whatever that match is that works for that player.

Isn't it fun to be nuts? Isn't it fun to be crazy?

I can be as crazy as anybody and go over lines I should not go over.

I love to experiment, to push myself, and I want people to accept me in roles that I have never attempted before.

I don't want to be scared. I want to keep taking risks, keep working hard.

Business people want things to be safe but that's rubbish to me. In music nothing should be safe.

I've always been curious and taken many risks, but that is quite atypical for a woman. On the other hand, I think that's the only way to grow beyond yourself.

We were pushing the boundaries a bit of Saturday morning telly and trying new things.

Hopefully I inspire people just to lose themselves a little bit. That's what I enjoy doing on stage: challenging myself with a new territory, like performing differently, moving differently, singing differently, just let people know that it's okay just to do something that they've never done before.

I'm a bit crazy, yes.

Taking risks is the best thing ever, and that's what gets you anywhere.