Marilyn Horne

I think I'm making a difference for a lot of young singers.

You have to know exactly what you want out of your career. If you want to be a star, you don't bother with other things.

My real achievement is my daughter and my three beautiful grandchildren.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

Composers, like authors, have a lot in common. Our main goal is to connect with the listener emotionally.

By pouring money and goods into devastated regions, foreign aid workers sometimes compound the disruption and debauch the survivors.