Citas de Kiri Te Kanawa

• La ópera es para toda la vida, no sólo para un minuto.

  Kiri Te Kanawa

  Opera, Lifetime, Minutes

  "Portrait of the artist: Kiri Te Kanawa". Interview with Laura Barnett, www.theguardian.com. August 17, 2009.

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• That's been my sort of aim in life, to never miss an opportunity.

  Kiri Te Kanawa

  Opportunity, Missing, Aim

  Source: www.achievement.org

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• When I perform Strauss, it is as if the music fits me like a glove. My voice seems to lie in a happy area in this music, which is lyrical and passionate at the same time.

  Kiri Te Kanawa

  Lying, Voice, Passionate

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• I knew that I could be more creative onstage, to state my own case and deliver my own interpretation of the role much more aggressively than in the recording studio.

  Kiri Te Kanawa

  Creative, Roles, States

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• I'm completely in charge of my own life now. Sometimes there's no one there to slap me on the hand and say: 'Stop being so bullish and bossy,' and things like that.

  Kiri Te Kanawa

  Hands, Sometimes, Slap

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• I never had the influence of any other singer in my music, so I sounded like myself all the time.

  Kiri Te Kanawa

  Singers, Influence

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• When I'm alone at home, I really prefer to listen to Wagner's orchestral music rather than any vocal music. I find it illuminating not to have to pay attention to voices in the recordings.

  Kiri Te Kanawa

  Home, Voice, Attention

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• My energy is undiminished. Someone said to me the other day, 'Are you retired?' and I said, 'Well, I'm just trying to prove that I'm not.' There's so many things to do.

  Kiri Te Kanawa

  Trying, Energy, Said

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• The word 'no' is a very good word in a singer's repertoire.

  Kiri Te Kanawa

  Singers, Very Good, Good Words

  "Portrait of the artist: Kiri Te Kanawa". Interview with Laura Barnett, www.theguardian.com. August 17, 2009.

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• I'm more confident now than I've ever been. As you get older, you have to be.

  Kiri Te Kanawa

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• I grew up in the New Zealand countryside. We didn't have television until I was 14, so sing-alongs were our only entertainment.

  Kiri Te Kanawa

  Television, Entertainment, Grew Up

  "Portrait of the artist: Kiri Te Kanawa". Interview with Laura Barnett, www.theguardian.com. August 17, 2009.

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• I really believe I've been a good person. Not perfect - forget about perfect - but just learning by what I was taught and living by my own values. I might have stepped on a few ants - and a few other things as well - but I've never hurt anybody.

  Kiri Te Kanawa

  Hurt, Believe, Perfect

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• I felt that the studio recording process makes you stand still too long.

  Kiri Te Kanawa

  Long, Process, Stills

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• My children are my children. There's no doubt about that at all. They're very strong towards me, very protective, and I towards them. It works both ways.

  Kiri Te Kanawa

  Strong, Children, Doubt

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