Beverly Sills

“A happy woman is one who has no cares at all; a cheerful woman is one who has cares but doesn't let them get her down.”

“You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.”

“Opera became popular in Texas the same way it did in a lot of previously isolated regions of the nation. It started with money. In the case of Texas, it was oil money, and it made a lot of people very rich, very fast.”

“My voice had a long, nonstop career. It deserves to be put to bed with quiet and dignity, not yanked out every once in a while to see if it can still do what it used to do. It can't.”

“I got out while they were still fighting to buy tickets to hear me. I believe in getting out when you're on top, and that's what I did.”