Top 8 Quotes & Sayings by Marilyn Horne

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American musician Marilyn Horne.
Last updated on December 22, 2024.
Marilyn Horne

Marilyn Horne is an American mezzo-soprano opera singer. She specialized in roles requiring beauty of tone, excellent breath support, and the ability to execute difficult coloratura passages. She is a recipient of the National Medal of Arts, the Kennedy Center Honors, and has won four Grammy Awards.

My real achievement is my daughter and my three beautiful grandchildren.
Americans can pretty much sing anything, whereas foreign singers are often limited in style, language, even composer.
You have to know exactly what you want out of your career. If you want to be a star, you don't bother with other things. — © Marilyn Horne
You have to know exactly what you want out of your career. If you want to be a star, you don't bother with other things.
I think I'm making a difference for a lot of young singers.
You go beyond 'I want it. I want to have it' - to - 'I'm going to have it
Whenever you think that you are getting too big for the people around you, remember all that separates you from the guy sitting next to you is a little piece of gristle in your throat.
I must absorb everything while I'm still singing and step onto the stages of my many homes, and look out at the familiar surroundings, at the people who have come to hear me, to hear music.
Ninety percent of what's wrong with singers today is that they don't breathe right.
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