Top 17 Quotes by Kathleen Battle

About Kathleen Battle

These are some quotes by American author Kathleen Battle Actress, who was born on August 13, 1948.

I think for more than half of my career, I have refrained from talking to the media.

I think for more than half of my career, I have refrained from talking to the media.

Kathleen Battle

Wherever and whenever I sing, if there is only one spiritual on a program, people will talk about two things afterward, and one of them will be the spiritual. What I bring to this is the best of my classical training - not all of it. I apply what is appropriate.

Kathleen Battle

When I do concerts and recitals, the two most common requests are spirituals and opera.

When I do concerts and recitals, the two most common requests are spirituals and opera.

Kathleen Battle

From the spiritual came the blues, gospel, and rhythm-and-blues. I heard all of that music growing up, and that has influenced how I approached classical music. I'm sure of it.

From the spiritual came the blues, gospel, and rhythm-and-blues. I heard all of that music growing up, and that has influenced how I approached classical music. I'm sure of it.

Kathleen Battle

I bring my classical training - some of it, but not all of it - and also my background and culture, to spirituals. And I try to leave room for that unpredictable factor, where the feeling of the song is allowed to come through. The same ethos can be applied to singing Mozart, or Schubert, or Bach. It's not just about what's on the page.

Kathleen Battle

I can't imagine life without singing.

I can't imagine life without singing.

Kathleen Battle

In spirituals, the talk of heaven and deliverance was code for a better life. 'Crossing the River Jordan' was code, of course, for escaping to freedom.

In spirituals, the talk of heaven and deliverance was code for a better life. 'Crossing the River Jordan' was code, of course, for escaping to freedom.

Kathleen Battle

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