One needs more than ambition and talent to make a success of anything, really. There must be love and a vocation. Jessye Norman ambitionlovemake Change image and share on social
If you send up a weather vane or put your thumb up in the air every time you want to do something different, to find out what people are going to think about it, you're going to limit yourself. That's a very strange way to live. Jessye Norman airfindlimit share on social
I feel comfortable singing in the great cathedrals of the world because I spent so much time as a child singing in church. And it isn't very different. Of course, nothing looks quite like Notre Dame de Paris. Jessye Norman cathedralchildchurch share on social
I want to keep learning, keep exploring, keep doing more. Jessye Norman explorelearn Change image and share on social
There's no anger ever in a spiritual. There's always the dream of a hope of a better day coming. That God understands the troubles that I'm experiencing. Jessye Norman angercomeday Change image and share on social
I like so many different kinds of music that I've never allowed myself the limitations of one particular range. Jessye Norman allowhavekind Change image and share on social
I want to sing more in Spanish. I want to sing the songs of Granados; the songs of Montsalvatge. To do things that truly I've not done before. Jessye Norman granadohavemontsalvatge Change image and share on social
It is still more likely that a woman's power would be seen as aggression, and a man's power would be seen as assertion. Jessye Norman aggressionassertionman Change image and share on social
I am deeply spiritual; I revel in those things that make for good - the things that we can do to shed a little light, to help place an oft-dissonant universe back in tune with itself... Long live art, long live friendship, long live the joy of life! Jessye Norman artbackdeeply share on social
I am grateful that my horizons were not narrowed at the outset. Jessye Norman gratefulhorizonnarrow Change image and share on social
