"Callas, way above the rest. Tebaldi had a fantastic voice, like an angel's. But even when Callas's voice wasn't perfe…"

"She opened a new door for us, for all the singers in the world, a door that had been closed. Behind it was sleeping n…"

"Some say I have a beautiful voice, some say I have not. It is a matter of opinion. All I can say, those who don't lik…"

"I admire Tebaldi's tone; it's beautiful — also some beautiful phrasing. Sometimes, I actually wish I had her voice."

"What Tullio Serafin] said that impressed me was: "When one wants to find a gesture, when you want to find how to act …"

"What a lovely voice, but who cares?"

"Don't talk to me about rules, dear. Wherever I stay I make the goddamn rules."

"Bel canto does not mean beautiful singing alone. It is, rather, the technique demanded by the composers of this style…"

"It takes a little more time to get into the role, but not very much more. In making a record you don't have the sense…"

"I used to listen again and again to recordings by Maria Callas. She was so musical and so theatrical at the same time…"