Sopranos Quotes - Page 3

• I don't want to see a 'Sopranos' movie. This is just me. I like to think the end is where it was on TV as opposed to becoming a movie.

  Denis Leary

  Thinking, Want, Tvs

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• Nobody was playing the soprano saxophone and certainly nobody was trying to do anything with it. So I was all alone. I didn't know that at first.

  Steve Lacy

  Trying, Firsts, Saxophone

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• I've been working on the soprano saxophone for 40 years, and the possibilities are astounding. It's up to you, the only limit is the imagination.

  Steve Lacy

  Years, Imagination, Up To You

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• I heard Sidney Bechet play a Duke Ellington piece and fell in love with the soprano saxophone.

  Steve Lacy

  Play, Pieces, Saxophone

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• The government itself is running exactly like the Sopranos and they sit back and they make deals. And they say okay, 'I'm going do this: France, you're getting the pipelines.'

  George Clooney

  Running, Government, Pipeline

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• I'm a lyric soprano. I can try to step outside that and do different kind of singing, but it's not something I can sustain over the long haul, and what is good for your voice is good for your career.

  Victoria Clark

  Careers, Voice, Long

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• Our amour fou with 'The Sopranos' is headed for long-term parking, like so many of its most memorable characters. We'll never see a show like this again.

  Rob Sheffield

  Memorable, Character, Long

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• If you see the Sopranos, you're not going to be speaking in the Shakespearean English.

  Lucy Liu

  Ifs

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• The tendency of modern American women to exclaim 'Hiiiiiiiiiiii!' in soprano octaves and hug each other upon sight can be disconcerting to those unfamiliar with it.

  Kevin Hearne

  Sight, Hug, Modern

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• He was trying to be everywhere at once," the redhead told the human. "Trying to make sure Alice had nothing to do, actually." He shook his head as he looked at the tiny blackhaired girl. "Alice doesn‘t need anyone‘s help." The vampire named Alice shot a glare at Jasper. "Overprotective fool," she said in her clear soprano voice. Jasper met her stare with a half smile, seeming to forget for a second that I existed.

  Stephenie Meyer

  Girl, Voice, Vampire

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• And like a soprano shattering glass, Juliet heard something snap deep inside. It was the sound of her heart breaking.

  Alexandra Potter

  Heart, Glasses, Sound

  Alexandra Potter (2004). “Calling Romeo”, p.307, Simon and Schuster

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• Maybe there would be a bad outcome for some of the others, but no one was going to shoot a soprano.

  Ann Patchett

  Would Be, Outcomes

  Ann Patchett (2009). “Bel Canto”, p.33, Harper Collins

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• Some people are born to make great art and others are born to appreciate it. … It is a kind of talent in itself, to be an audience, whether you are the spectator in the gallery or you are listening to the voice of the world's greatest soprano. Not everyone can be the artist. There have to be those who witness the art, who love and appreciate what they have been privileged to see.

  Ann Patchett

  Art, Voice, People

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• Being on 'The Sopranos' definitely prepared me for the militant secrecy of 'Mad Men.'

  Cara Buono

  Men, Mad, Secrecy

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• 'The Sopranos' gets praised as novelistic, but it follows the most banal of life patterns, showing the sheer tedium of being a mobster. It has dead spots, boring plotlines, weak episodes. Characters develop slowly, or don't. Like viewers, a gangster might get bored, fade out of the action, then come back to find none of his debts forgotten.

  Rob Sheffield

  Character, Bored, Debt

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• It was just as shocking for me to sing opera in a falsetto soprano in Germany.

  Klaus Nomi

  Germany, Opera, Falsetto

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• I know it was a gift from God. My father was a preacher and my mother worked in churches all her life. My father had a very deep bass sounding voice and my mother had an in-between soprano voice. Not great singers, but they had great tones to their voices. I think that had a lot to do with it. Also, I really believe my voice was a gift from God. I believe if you take care of it, He will help you take care of it.

  Darlene Love

  Mother, Father, Believe

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• I really wanted to be an opera soprano.

  Maureen O'Hara

  Opera, Wanted

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• Being lectured by the president on fiscal responsibility is a little bit like Tony Soprano talking to me about law and order in this country.

  John F. Kerry

  Country, Responsibility, Order

  "Bush, Kerry debate domestic policies". The final debate between President George W. Bush and Sen. John Kerry at Arizona State University, www.cnn.com. October 14, 2004.

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• What I really want to do is create great roles for women. And I'm not talking Nicholas Sparks romance. I think women's roles have gotten ghettoized in these sort of places... I'm thinking women in action, comic books, or like the Tony Soprano of women. We need some complex roles.

  Melissa Rosenberg

  Book, Thinking, Talking

  "'Twilight' screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg talks Kristen Stewart, Bill Condon and 'Breaking Dawn'". Interview with Matt Donnelly, latimesblogs.latimes.com. June 14, 2010.

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• Shortly after this I was made a member of the boys choir, it being found that I possessed a clear, strong soprano voice. I enjoyed the singing very much.

  James Weldon Johnson

  Strong, Boys, Voice

  James Weldon Johnson (2012). “The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man”, p.18, Courier Corporation

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• The saxophone is an imperfect instrument, especially the tenor and soprano, as far as intonation goes. The challenge is to sing on an imperfect instrument that is outside of your body.

  Stan Getz

  Challenges, Body, Saxophone

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• Opera: I like it, except for all those howling sopranos and caterwauling tenors. (Why can't tenors sing like men?)

  Edward Abbey

  Men, Opera, Tenors

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.41, RosettaBooks

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• I've been watching more American TV because of all the great TV series that have come out in the last five to 10 years. I'm a 'Sopranos' fan, I'm a 'Wire' fan, I'm a 'Mad Men' fan. I'm a 'Deadwood' fan. It makes me optimistic for the future of storytelling on TV that producers are willing to take that kind of jump.

  Jo Nesbo

  Optimistic, Men, Years

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• Switch to piano! No. Really, if you like an instrument that sings, play the saxophone. At its best it's like the human voice. Of course, it would be best if you could actually sing with your own voice. The saxophone is an imperfect instrument, especially the tenor and soprano, as far as intonation goes. Therefore, the challenge is to sing on an imperfect instrument or 'voice' that is outside of your body. I love that challenge and have for over forty-five years. As far as playing jazz, no other art form, other than conversation, can give the satisfaction of spontaneous interaction.

  Stan Getz

  Art, Piano, Years

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