I've received many awards, but I'm most proud of the ones for my country's music. Montserrat Caballe More Quotes by Montserrat Caballe More Quotes From Montserrat Caballe Drama if I sing, drama if I dont sing. What do you do? Montserrat Caballe ifsdrama When a singer truly feels and experiences what the music is all about, the words will automatically ring true. Montserrat Caballe singerssingingmusic I have always made impresarios a lot of money across my career and have never, so far as I am aware, given any of them heart attacks. Montserrat Caballe careersmadeheart The moment you say, 'Please, give me a reason for this', then you are being impossible and temperamental. Montserrat Caballe momentsimpossiblegiving A soprano's voice is a little like a mother's cry, which is why it attracts all human beings. Montserrat Caballe likecryvoicemother I am living against all predictions. The doctors say I am a sort of witch. Montserrat Caballe againsti-amsayliving Of course there are other prima donnas around. So many of my colleagues, younger ones, are wonderful. Montserrat Caballe youngermanycolleagueswonderful If I cannot sing, I have the impression that I no longer exist. I mean it. I mean that I am not physically there. Montserrat Caballe singcannoti-ammean I am not a person who can do nothing. I get very bored. Montserrat Caballe personi-amnothingbored I love to sing with my daughter. Audiences like it because a mother-daughter pairing is a curiosity. Montserrat Caballe likedaughtercuriositylove You are born with a sound; everyone is, less or more. And this sound has to be developed. I am not talking about vocal technique; I am not talking about how to sing. I am talking about how to produce a sound. Montserrat Caballe i-amyounot-talkingborn The sound of a mother's voice expresses a feeling of intimacy, which has a truly magical effect on the listener. Montserrat Caballe feelingvoicemothersound I realised in 1985, after sitting for months and being very down, that I have to move. I have to be busy. Because, otherwise, it is like being in a waiting room. And waiting for what? Montserrat Caballe downsittingbusywaiting Music is part of life. It is not the real life. I belong to that first: family, children. The important things. Montserrat Caballe familymusiclifechildren I don't cancel because of temperament. I have had seven major surgeries in my life. I have had tumors. I have had two children with Caesareans; you don't just get up and sing the day after one of those. Montserrat Caballe dayyoulifechildren You see, God has blessed me - I don't know how else to say it - with a beautiful sound. Montserrat Caballe meyougodbeautiful I try in roles like Salome to sing earthily, but it comes out as sweet-earthy. You know, it's like when someone has a beautiful face: you can do what you want to it, but it's still beautiful. Montserrat Caballe facesomeoneyoubeautiful It is the sensation of being tired but having a good feeling, you know, a sensation that you have done it honestly and given all your strength. And it is no matter that you feel like this, because this is what you have to do when you go into this sort of life. This is what I choose. Montserrat Caballe goodyoustrengthlife I have never felt like a diva! Montserrat Caballe divaneverlikefelt I feel like a person who has dedicated her whole life to the music she loves. Montserrat Caballe personfeelmusiclife
