Nellie Melba famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

The first rule in opera is the first rule in life: see to everything yourself
-- Nellie Melba

#Opera #Firsts
Music is not written in red, white and blue. It is written in the heart's blood of the composer.
-- Nellie Melba

#Heart #Blue #Blood
There are two things I like stiff and one of them's jelly.
-- Nellie Melba

#Absurdity
The eternal task of song can never be finished in a single lifetime. That is the beauty and fascination of the art. Once you begin to phrase finely, you will feel more joy in the beautiful finish of a beautiful phrase than that caused by the loudest applause of an immense audience. The latter excites for a moment; the former endures forever.
-- Nellie Melba

#Beautiful #Song #Art
If you wish to understand me at all (and to write an autobiography is only to open a window into one's heart) you must understand first and foremost, that I am an Australian.
-- Nellie Melba

#Heart #Writing #Australia
What are we singers but the silver-voiced messengers of the poet and the musician?
-- Nellie Melba

#Art #Singers #Messengers
Always sing below your potential.
-- Nellie Melba
You wonâ€™t be famous until people start saying the worst things they can about you. Donâ€™t worry! Itâ€™s a good sign!
-- Nellie Melba

#People #Worry #Worst
One of the drawbacks of Fame is that one can never escape from it.
-- Nellie Melba

#Women #Fame #Drawbacks
If I'd been a housemaid I'd have been the best in Australia - I couldn't help it. It's got to be perfection for me.
-- Nellie Melba

#Women #Australia #Perfection

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