Lesley Garrett Quotes

Quotations and aphorisms by Lesley Garrett:

One of the problems that we face through the media attention that these artists receive is that there has been an awful lot of talk about opera and classical music being elite and being for an elitist group.
~Lesley Garrett


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/lesley-garrett-quotes/#4917200f

As far as I was concerned the important thing was that the music was getting the attention as well as me so it was always a great way to get more of the public to connect with classical music, and opera particularly.
~Lesley Garrett


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/lesley-garrett-quotes/#0f476a32

And woven into the fabric of this harsh existence was music.
~Lesley Garrett


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/lesley-garrett-quotes/#23e1ce27

Singing is an arduous business and it needs sacrifices.
~Lesley Garrett


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/lesley-garrett-quotes/#1ab2fe3e

I don't think I have ever met a single person who isn't moved by music of some kind.
~Lesley Garrett


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/lesley-garrett-quotes/#11ee0177

I do a lot of vocal hygiene.
~Lesley Garrett


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/lesley-garrett-quotes/#e70e2257

That was when I realised that music is the most profound, magical form of communication there is.
~Lesley Garrett


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/lesley-garrett-quotes/#7422545d

To tell you the truth, I never listen to opera at home.
~Lesley Garrett


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/lesley-garrett-quotes/#3a420c8e

There are a lot of unseen elements to having a successful singing career.
~Lesley Garrett


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/lesley-garrett-quotes/#227afeaf

Nobody inspired me more than Julie Andrews, who is a classically trained soprano herself.
~Lesley Garrett


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/lesley-garrett-quotes/#c7c78107

The musical heritage of Yorkshire is deep and wide.
~Lesley Garrett


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/lesley-garrett-quotes/#8d32d463

I wouldn't want to criticise someone like Charlotte Church because she has done fantastically well, but personally I've always cared about the long term.
~Lesley Garrett


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/lesley-garrett-quotes/#3c6d4bb8

I do hope that our spring will be starting shortly and we will all be able to enjoy some sunshine again.
~Lesley Garrett


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/lesley-garrett-quotes/#b98d0d0a

Opera is credible drama now, and it costs less than going to a football match. What have you got to lose?
~Lesley Garrett


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/lesley-garrett-quotes/#198d297a

It worries me that young singers think you can shortcut the training and go straight to fame and fortune, and programmes like Pop Idol have encouraged that.
~Lesley Garrett


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/lesley-garrett-quotes/#2c7f7cc5

Music is there to access those dark emotional corners that we don't normally get too close to.
~Lesley Garrett


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/lesley-garrett-quotes/#cdf0eccd

I'm engaging my diaphragm as I'm speaking to you right now.
~Lesley Garrett


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/lesley-garrett-quotes/#9a0bae95

I saw The Sound of Music when I was 10 and thought that it was the most beautiful singing I had ever heard.
~Lesley Garrett


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/lesley-garrett-quotes/#17d385ba

What people really should be able to be confident in is that the standards of music- making that classically trained musicians present is elite, it is the best and all of us as artists should be committed to that.
~Lesley Garrett


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/lesley-garrett-quotes/#590b6f73

I'm very pro presenting the best music I can to the widest audience possible.
~Lesley Garrett


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/lesley-garrett-quotes/#0c3a1d14

I performed in Sydney some years ago for the Sydney Festival and I am just so pleased to be returning to the wonderful Sydney Opera House and also performing in Melbourne for the first time.
~Lesley Garrett


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/lesley-garrett-quotes/#1ae0f264

I don't just come from a musical family, but from a musical community.
~Lesley Garrett


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/lesley-garrett-quotes/#3b11be07

I would just like to say that opera is no longer about fat people in breastplates shattering wine glasses.
~Lesley Garrett


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/lesley-garrett-quotes/#ffa2e923

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