Don't Come To Me With Your Troubles.

An Opera Begins Long Before The Curtain Goes Up And Ends Long After It Has Come Down. It Starts In My Imagination, It Becomes My Life, And It Stays Part Of My Life Long After I've Left The Opera House.

I Want To Be A Mature Artist With A Different Kind Of Thinking.

When Music Fails To Agree To The Ear, To Soothe The Ear And The Heart And The Senses, Then It Has Missed The Point.

I Was Always Too Mature For My Age - And Not Very Happy. I Had No Young Friends. I Wish I Could Go Back To Those Days. If I Could Only Live It All Again, How I Would Play And Enjoy Other Girls. What A Fool I Was.

Don't Come To Me With Your Troubles. I Have To Work For My Money And You Are Young Enough To Work Too. If You Can't Make Enough Money To Live On You Can Jump Out Of The Window Or Drown Yourself.