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.

Some of the things that have been the most meaningful to me have been experiences I've shared with my family.

Some of the things that have been the most meaningful to me have been experiences I've shared with my family.

Kathleen Battle

I sing what I sing. And that's recitals and orchestra concerts. To appease - no, that's not the right word - let's say to satisfy - any opera urgings that my public has, I'll put in an aria.

I sing what I sing. And that's recitals and orchestra concerts. To appease - no, that's not the right word - let's say to satisfy - any opera urgings that my public has, I'll put in an aria.

Kathleen Battle

People are drawn to the spiritual. It has a universal appeal.

People are drawn to the spiritual. It has a universal appeal.

Kathleen Battle

The question is not... if art is enough to fulfill my life, but if I am true to the path I have set for myself, if I am the best I can be in the things I do. Am I living up to the reasons I became a singer in the first place?

Kathleen Battle

How many of the original songs survive intact from the slave cabins? Probably not many in their original form. Time has transformed them like light in a prism. What we hope to present is a version of those spirituals, and they speak not just to black Americans, but to people worldwide.

Kathleen Battle

I'm a consumer as well as a performer. Among my leisure-time activities is going to the theater. I'm very interested in that.

I'm a consumer as well as a performer. Among my leisure-time activities is going to the theater. I'm very interested in that.

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 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

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

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