Top 4 Quotes & Sayings by Thomas Quasthoff

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a German singer Thomas Quasthoff.

Last updated on December 20, 2024.

Thomas Quasthoff is a German bass-baritone. Quasthoff has a range of musical interest from Bach cantatas, to lieder, and solo jazz improvisations. Born with severe birth defects caused by thalidomide, Quasthoff is 1.34 m, and has phocomelia.

German - Singer | Born: November 9, 1959

Source: Wikipedia

When I go to an opera performance and sit there while people are cheering and shouting "bravo," I sometimes ask myself what exactly they're cheering about. And I even see myself as an artist who also knows how to enjoy other people's performances.

Thomas Quasthoff

You reach your audience at the moment when you really have something to say - that is, when you're not just delivering a performance.

Thomas Quasthoff

I achieved everything one can achieve as a concert singer. Six Echo Klassik awards and three Grammys, and I also have my professorship at the Hanns Eisler Academy of Music in Berlin. Now I'm going to turn to other things, like readings or audiobooks.

Thomas Quasthoff

My mouth was always my weapon. I've become quieter now. It's possible to put things very clearly, concisely and sharply, even when you do it quietly.

Thomas Quasthoff