Don't talk to me about rules, dear. Wherever I stay I make the goddam rules.
Maria Callas
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I don't need the money, dear. I work for art.
An opera begins long before the curtain goes up and ends long after it has come down. It starts in my imagination, it becomes my life, and it stays part of my life long after I've left the opera house.
Don't talk to me about rules, dear. Wherever I stay I make the goddam rules.
First I lost my voice, then I lost my figure and then I lost Onassis.
I cannot switch my voice. My voice is not like an elevator going up and down.
I don't know what happens to me on stage. Something else seems to take over.
I prepare myself for rehearsals like I would for marriage.
I will not be sued! I have the voice of an angel!
I would like to be Maria, but there is La Callas who demands that I carry myself with her dignity.
It is like comparing champagne with cognac. No-with Coca-Cola.
Love is so much better when you're not married.
On stage, I am in the dark.
Real friends are very special, but you have to be careful because sometimes you have a friend and you think they are made of rock, then suddenly you realise they're only made of sand. It's a terrible thing to go through life thinking that you have a rock on your side when you haven't.
When music fails to agree to the ear, to soothe the ear and the heart and the senses, then it has missed its point.
When my enemies stop hissing, I shall know I'm slipping.
Women are not pals enough with men, so we must make ourselves indispensable. After all, we have the greatest weapon in our hands by just being women.
You are born an artist or you are not. And you stay an artist, dear, even if your voice is less of a fireworks. The artist is always there.
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