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

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

Kiri Te Kanawa

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“My first rule: I don't believe anything the government tells me.”
“Sam Jackson is like the Jeezy of Hollywood: He's for his people.”
“Age about 30, I stopped looking up my books in bookstores. Paying attention to the marketplace isn't a healthy thing for me.”
“Words are the motes of thought, and nothing more.”
“I always take kind of a zen view of casting and I really don't remember people who passed. I kind of turn it over to the universe and figure, 'Wow, I guess that wasn't meant to be.' It doesn't sit with me.”
“It's one of my favorite times of day. I'll have an array of notes, things that I want to think about. Something will start to take shape, and I'll play around with it. It's not usually an intense time. It's sort of a playful time. But it's when some really good thoughts arise.”

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“It is much easier for me to imagine a praying murderer, a praying prostitute, than a vain person praying. Nothing is so at odds with prayer as vanity.”
“If the whole church goes off into deception, that will in no way excuse us for not following Christ.”

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