Caballe Quotes & Sayings

When a singer truly feels and experiences what the music is all about, the words will automatically ring true. — Montserrat Caballe

I strongly encourage listening to the radio to hear something you haven't heard before. It's a very healthy thing to do. It's strange: unless you reload your iPods every couple of weeks, you're listening to and recycling the same music all of the time. I'm serious. Listen to your radio station. — Alvin Lee

I like reading, free diving and hiking. But my favorite thing to do is travel anywhere in Greece. I love everything about that place. — Max Irons

Sometimes we're so desperate for greatness and what we believe greatness can give us in return that we bypass people's generosity. We're not generous to people. We're not caring to people. Instead, we're so selfish to grasp success because we believe our lives will be better once we succeed. But once you do become successful, that rarely happens. — Brin-Jonathan Butler

What does the Bible say about love? Perfect love?" "It casts out fear. — Karen Kingsbury

More Bibles are bought and fewer read than any other book. — Vance Havner

Curse Hermes and his multi-vitamins! — Rick Riordan

Kurt Vonnegut speaking to John Irving while Irving was administering the Heimlich maneuver in response to Vonnegut's uncontrollable coughing ... John,stop- I am not choking. I have emphysema. — Kurt Vonnegut

The moment you say, 'Please, give me a reason for this', then you are being impossible and temperamental. — Montserrat Caballe

She's gone. Been gone for ages. They split up right after you left. That's why the grass out front started growing again."
"He's got a new girlfriend?" she said quietly. "Thank god. You must be happy."
"Yeah. He does. It's a relief. She's a lot nicer. But then, your average angry snake is nicer than Fiona. I'm sure she's happier wherever she is now, burning orphans or whatever she does with her time. — Maureen Johnson

I am not a person who can do nothing. I get very bored. — Montserrat Caballe

He reached down to scratch her on the head. "You're a cute little thing. Fast too. Is that really your name? Precious?" After a couple of scratches between her ears the dog rolled over on her back on the grass, asking for more. — Rich Amooi

You are born with a sound; everyone is, less or more. And this sound has to be developed. I am not talking about vocal technique; I am not talking about how to sing. I am talking about how to produce a sound. — Montserrat Caballe

I have always made impresarios a lot of money across my career and have never, so far as I am aware, given any of them heart attacks. — Montserrat Caballe

What is essential to practice the Tao is to get rid of cravings and vexations. If these afflictions are not removed, it is impossible to attain stability. This is like the case of the fertile field, which cannot produce good crops as long as the weeds are not cleared away. Cravings and ruminations are the weeds of the mind; if you do not clear them away, concentration and wisdom do not develop. — Zhang Sanfeng

As Evelyn slid to a stop in the center of the hallway, Butler calmly shook his head. Then he lifted his machine gun and fired. — Elizabeth Heiter

I've received many awards, but I'm most proud of the ones for my country's music. — Montserrat Caballe

Drama if I sing, drama if I don't sing. What do you do? — Montserrat Caballe

The sound of a mother's voice expresses a feeling of intimacy, which has a truly magical effect on the listener. — Montserrat Caballe

If I cannot sing, I have the impression that I no longer exist. I mean it. I mean that I am not physically there. — Montserrat Caballe

All I'm trying to do is manage money and take care of my shareholders. — Louis Navellier

Typecasting is something I have to be careful with, since I play myself on Geek & Sundry so much on my weekly show 'The Flog.' That's why I did 'Dragon Age: Redemption' last year, so I could do something a little more dramatic and hard-edged. — Felicia Day

What if religion was each other? If our practice was our life? If prayer was our words? What if the temple was the Earth? If forests were our church? If holy water - the rivers, lakes, and oceans? What if meditation was our relationships? If the Teacher was life? If wisdom was knowledge? If love was the center of our being. — Ganga White

A soprano's voice is a little like a mother's cry, which is why it attracts all human beings. — Montserrat Caballe

- Who would carry the bell canto
- Of course Montserrat Caballe — Maria Callas

I love to sing with my daughter. Audiences like it because a mother-daughter pairing is a curiosity. — Montserrat Caballe