You see, God has blessed me – I don’t know how else to say it – with a beautiful sound. Montserrat Caballe Read Quote
I don’t cancel because of temperament. I have had seven major surgeries in my life. I have had tumors. I have had two children with Caesareans; you don’t just get up and sing the day after one of those. Montserrat Caballe Read Quote
Music is part of life. It is not the real life. I belong to that first: family, children. The important things. Montserrat Caballe Read Quote
I’ve received many awards, but I’m most proud of the ones for my country’s music. Montserrat Caballe Read Quote
You are born with a sound; everyone is, less or more. And this sound has to be developed. I am not talking about vocal technique; I am not talking about how to sing. I am talking about how to produce a sound. Montserrat Caballe Read Quote
I love to sing with my daughter. Audiences like it because a mother-daughter pairing is a curiosity. Montserrat Caballe Read Quote
If I cannot sing, I have the impression that I no longer exist. I mean it. I mean that I am not physically there. Montserrat Caballe Read Quote
When a singer truly feels and experiences what the music is all about, the words will automatically ring true. Montserrat Caballe Read Quote
The moment you say, ‘Please, give me a reason for this’, then you are being impossible and temperamental. Montserrat Caballe Read Quote