"Singers actually used to begin singing at a much younger age than they do now. I would say for me, I started late. But it's not unusual. I discovered I had a voice. I wanted to be a pianist when I was seven, and circumstances didn't allow that I studied it."

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Source : "For Opera Powerhouse Dolora Zajick, 'Singing Is Connected To The Body'". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. September 25, 2015.

Dolora Zajick

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“I just loved playing a man who was unafraid of making an idiot of himself in the process of falling in love. I found that admirable.”
“I've done a lot of growing up since the age of 16 and I really wanted that to be reflected in my music”
“What is the chief end of preaching? I like to think it is this: It is to give men and women a sense of God and His presence.”
“When you are trying to get a shot, you can't be pleasing everybody. And I tend to be sort of collaborative and a bit of a pleaser. And when I'm directing, people just sort of call me Black Hat Gabriela. Because suddenly they're like, "What happened to you?" Because I stop listening. And I feel strident. I feel rude. And I feel un-collaborative.”
“For we lose not only by death, but also by leaving and being left, by changing and letting go and moving on.”

Source : Judith Viorst (2010). “Necessary Losses: The Loves Illusions Dependencies and Impossible Ex”, p.15, Simon and Schuster
“Nothing is so musical as the sound of pouring bourbon for the first drink on a Sunday morning. Not Bach or Schubert or any of those masters.”

Source : Carson McCullers (1998). “Clock Without Hands”, p.23, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“It's hard to sin if you're preoccupied with Jesus.”
“Nothing ever happens in Mexico until it happens.”

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