The interpeter has to practice by himself, discovering the possibilities of his own voice, but this experience really remains his alone.
More Quotes from Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau:
Some critics have written that I wanted to teach through singing. Not at all. I was learning I went to school every time I gave a song recital.Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Many, many composers have only found their way to a certain form, through familiarizing themselves with texts.
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
What concerns me, is the general social tendency to enforce a level, above which nothing rises and stands out.
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Rather, I believe that it is very good, if, with the aid of his songs, we can be reminded, among other things, of the social conditions under which Schubert had to work.
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Admittedly, it is really our duty, as artists, to hold up a mirror to our own era; but, on the other hand, these works have lives of their own, and they're still alive today.
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Unfortunately, it happens all too seldom that you really disappear behind a work, that you are no longer audible as an interpreter.
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
I was very lucky. My parents raised me in such a way that it never occurred to me that I wasn't equal.Victoria Principal
The human voice sounds thicker with a chorus and reverb than a dry signal.
Ken Hill
Always give them the old fire, even when you feel like a squashed cake of ice.
Ethel Merman