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" The vocal cords are a muscle, and like any other muscle in the body, they can be strained. So you have to warm up. "

Sondra Radvanovsky

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" I perform in opera houses in the centres of big cities. We live in 20 acres of forest. You need that space to recover and renew. "

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" Temperament can really take a toll on the voice. If you get tight in your body with the acting, then you can get tight in your voice. And then you can get tired, and you can damage yourself vocally. "

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" Opera - above and beyond anything else - is about the music, and it should be about the music. "

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" I love the tragic side. I don't do 'happy' onstage. I like the dark, the disturbed. "

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" What if you didn't have education for sports? People with a natural inclination for sports, athletes without any kind of education, without any kind of training, they would just be couch athletes instead of the world class Olympians that we have. "

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" When I teach master classes, I tell young singers if the foundation isn't good, the house will crumble. "

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" I think the power of opera has been shifted from the music to the director, because this is a very visual age that we live in. "

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" Trying to look glamorous while singing is not easy. "

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" And if I don't sing, I don't get paid. "

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" I walk around the house in my pajamas all day if I want to. "

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" When you do a 'messa di voce,' that means you start soft, you crescendo into loud - and then you go back to soft again. Some people call it circus tricks, but in bel canto, it's really written into the music. "

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" You have to be in tune with your body and know when your body is saying, 'That's enough, you're done for the day.' If you over-fatigue and are totally stressed, you get sick. And if I get sick, I can't work. "

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" Most voices get weaker and frailer. I seem to be getting better with age. "

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" For sure, one moment really defined the path that I was to take in the future, and that was when I won the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions in New York in April of 1995. I had just turned 25 two days before the finals concert, and when I won, I had no idea how my life would change because of it. "

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" I'm going to the gym and really taking care of myself and trying to stay fit, eating properly. "

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" I have the best job in the whole world because I get paid to do something I love. How many people do you know who can say that? "

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" Even when I'm not onstage singing, there's always music going on in my head. It's a curse and a blessing in a way - it's sitting in bed at night, trying to go to sleep, while the music keeps playing in your head - especially when you're trying to learn something new and you're trying to memorize it and get everything. "

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" I think Chicagoans have a great set of values. You know what I mean? Kindness. Morals. Ethics. People in Chicago do the right thing. If somebody falls on the street, someone will actually stop and help them up. That doesn't happen in certain other cities. "

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" My roots really instilled Chicago values in me. "

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" If I can transport audiences for the three or four hours they're at the opera, to make them forget all of their worries, the bills they have to pay and all that, then I've done my job. That, for me, is very gratifying. "

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" I don't like confrontation; I just like to sing. "

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" It's the worst feeling, coming back after a performance when you are on a real high, and you go back alone to an apartment or a hotel room. People think we sit in hotels and eat bon bons. But the lifestyle can be very stressful. "

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