Opera quotes.

Taken from Great Singers on Great Singing, by Jerome Hines.
(Jerome Hines to Marilyn Horne):
"Jackie, you have just reconfirmed my opinion that successful singers who endure are endowed...upstairs."
"Singing is ninety-five percent brains," she said.
"Ninety-five percent brains, Ha, ninety-five percent brains, ninety-five percent talent, ninety-five percent perseverance, ninety-five percent guts..."

(from a student to Luciano Pavarotti):
"Mr. Pavarotti, how do you get your high notes?" The questioner got what he deserved. Luciano promptly sang an ascending scale ending on a beautiful high A flat.
"There," he said emphatically, closing the subject.