Lesley Garrett Quotes

• I would just like to say that opera is no longer about fat people in breastplates shattering wine glasses.

  Lesley Garrett

  Wine, Glasses, People

  "Soprano soundtrack" by Will Hodgkinson, www.theguardian.com. December 19, 2003.

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• That was when I realised that music is the most profound, magical form of communication there is.

  Lesley Garrett

  Music, Communication, Profound

  "Soprano soundtrack" by Will Hodgkinson, www.theguardian.com. December 19, 2003.

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• I do hope that our spring will be starting shortly and we will all be able to enjoy some sunshine again.

  Lesley Garrett

  Spring, Sunshine, Able

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• I don't just come from a musical family, but from a musical community.

  Lesley Garrett

  Community, Musical

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• I'm very pro presenting the best music I can to the widest audience possible.

  Lesley Garrett

  Audience, Presenting, I Can

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• Nobody inspired me more than Julie Andrews, who is a classically trained soprano herself.

  Lesley Garrett

  Sopranos, Inspired, Andrew

  "Soprano soundtrack" by Will Hodgkinson, www.theguardian.com. December 19, 2003.

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• One of the problems that we face through the media attention that these artists receive is that there has been an awful lot of talk about opera and classical music being elite and being for an elitist group.

  Lesley Garrett

  Artist, Media, Groups

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• Opera is credible drama now, and it costs less than going to a football match. What have you got to lose?

  Lesley Garrett

  Football, Drama, Opera

  "Soprano soundtrack" by Will Hodgkinson, www.theguardian.com. December 19, 2003.

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• The musical heritage of Yorkshire is deep and wide.

  Lesley Garrett

  Musical, Yorkshire, Heritage

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• What people really should be able to be confident in is that the standards of music- making that classically trained musicians present is elite, it is the best and all of us as artists should be committed to that.

  Lesley Garrett

  Artist, People, Able

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• There are a lot of unseen elements to having a successful singing career.

  Lesley Garrett

  Successful, Careers, Singing

  "Soprano soundtrack" by Will Hodgkinson, www.theguardian.com. December 19, 2003.

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• To tell you the truth, I never listen to opera at home.

  Lesley Garrett

  Home, Opera

  "Soprano soundtrack" by Will Hodgkinson, www.theguardian.com. December 19, 2003.

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• I'm engaging my diaphragm as I'm speaking to you right now.

  Lesley Garrett

  Engaging, Right Now

  "Soprano soundtrack" by Will Hodgkinson, www.theguardian.com. December 19, 2003.

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• It worries me that young singers think you can shortcut the training and go straight to fame and fortune, and programmes like Pop Idol have encouraged that.

  Lesley Garrett

  Thinking, Idols, Worry

  "Soprano soundtrack" by Will Hodgkinson, www.theguardian.com. December 19, 2003.

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• I do a lot of vocal hygiene.

  Lesley Garrett

  Hygiene, Vocal

  "Soprano soundtrack" by Will Hodgkinson, www.theguardian.com. December 19, 2003.

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• I also have to support my speaking voice by sitting in a way that engages the diaphragm in the way I would for singing.

  Lesley Garrett

  Voice, Support, Singing

  "Soprano soundtrack" by Will Hodgkinson, www.theguardian.com. December 19, 2003.

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• Singing is an arduous business and it needs sacrifices.

  Lesley Garrett

  Sacrifice, Singing, Needs

  "Soprano soundtrack" by Will Hodgkinson, www.theguardian.com. December 19, 2003.

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• I don't think I have ever met a single person who isn't moved by music of some kind.

  Lesley Garrett

  Thinking, Kind, Mets

  "Soprano soundtrack" by Will Hodgkinson, www.theguardian.com. December 19, 2003.

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• As far as I was concerned the important thing was that the music was getting the attention as well as me so it was always a great way to get more of the public to connect with classical music, and opera particularly.

  Lesley Garrett

  Important, Attention, Opera

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• I performed in Sydney some years ago for the Sydney Festival and I am just so pleased to be returning to the wonderful Sydney Opera House and also performing in Melbourne for the first time.

  Lesley Garrett

  Years, House, Opera

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• I saw The Sound of Music when I was 10 and thought that it was the most beautiful singing I had ever heard.

  Lesley Garrett

  Beautiful, Singing, Sound

  "Soprano soundtrack" by Will Hodgkinson, www.theguardian.com. December 19, 2003.

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• Music is there to access those dark emotional corners that we don't normally get too close to.

  Lesley Garrett

  Dark, Emotional, Music Is

  "Soprano soundtrack" by Will Hodgkinson, www.theguardian.com. December 19, 2003.

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• And woven into the fabric of this harsh existence was music.

  Lesley Garrett

  Woven, Fabric, Harsh

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• My mum used to say to me, 'Spit on yer 'ands and take a fresh 'old.' Keep going even if you have setbacks.

  Lesley Garrett

  Persistence, Used, Spit

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