Marilyn Horne Quotes

United States, Opera Singer
January 16, 1934

Marilyn Horne is an American mezzo-soprano opera singer. She specialized in roles requiring beauty of tone, excellent breath support, and the ability to execute difficult coloratura passages. She is a recipient of the National Medal of Arts (1992) and the Kennedy Center Honors (1995). She has won four Grammy Awards.

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

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- Real
- Beautiful
- Daughter
Americans can pretty much sing anything, whereas foreign singers are often limited in style, language, even composer.

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- Pretty
- Style

Ninety percent of what's wrong with singers today is that they don't breathe right.

Marilyn Horne
- Breathe
- Percent
- 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.

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

Marilyn Horne
You go beyond 'I want it. I want to have it' - to - 'I'm going to have it

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- Want
I must absorb everything while I'm still singing and step onto the stages of my many homes, and look out at the familiar surroundings, at the people who have come to hear me, to hear music.

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- People
- Home
- Singing
Whenever you think that you are getting too big for the people around you, remember all that separates you from the guy sitting next to you is a little piece of gristle in your throat.

Marilyn Horne
- People
- Remember
- Guy