It takes a big voice a long time to develop properly; the bigger it is, the harder it is to develop the technique. Richard Bonynge More Quotes by Richard Bonynge More Quotes From Richard Bonynge I'm very fortunate. I've led a charmed life, I think. Richard Bonynge i-thinkthinkfortunatelife I am one of the luckiest people ever born. Richard Bonynge luckiesti-ambornpeople I like digging around. I'm a real magpie. I used to raid the old music shops in the early '50s in Paris and Brussels. You could pick up some incredible and often valuable music for almost nothing back then. Richard Bonynge nothingbackyoumusic I am busy all day long. Never bored - I don't know what the word means. Richard Bonynge i-amdaybusylong I go to bed at midnight and get up at 9. I never take a nap. I don't get tired. Richard Bonynge nevergotiredbed Lots of young singers come to me and ask, 'May I sing to you?' I say, 'Yes, you can sing to me as long as you don't mind what I tell you, because I'm not going to flatter you. I'm going to tell you what I think.' Oh, yes, they're quite happy about that, until they hear it. Richard Bonynge meyoumindhappy You go to a musical; you are deafened by them, with everything blown up. I remember musicals when they didn't use microphones. Richard Bonynge everythinggoyouremember Don't talk to me about Freud. I'll go up the wall! Richard Bonynge abouttalkgome When I started, I'd never had a conducting lesson in my life; I could just do it. Richard Bonynge lessonmy-lifeneverlife The most important thing for any performer is to know your own weaknesses. It's much more important to know what you can't do than what you can do. Richard Bonynge yourknowyouimportant If I can't do an opera as well as most people, I won't do it at all. I don't want to touch Wagner because I think a lot of people do it a hell of a lot better than I could. I do the operas I think I can do, know something about. Richard Bonynge betterthinkhellpeople The idea is not to have one great singer surrounded by a bunch of nit wits. When the others are good, too, that's when you get something happening in opera. Richard Bonynge singergreatgoodyou I think the air in New York is death. Richard Bonynge newthinknew-yorkdeath I've had a wonderful life - I really didn't expect to have this career. Richard Bonynge expectcareerwonderfullife
