Vocal study before age 20 is likely to be injurious, though some survive it in the hands of very careful and understanding teachers.
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The student who deceives himself into thinking that he is giving his life like an ascetic in the spirit of sacrifice for art, is the victim of a deplorable species of egotism.Alma Gluck
The real artist has no idea that he is sacrificing himself for art. He does what he does for one reason and one reason only-he can't help doing it.
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French is, in many ways, more difficult for an English-speaking person to sing. It is so full of complex and trying vowels. It requires the utmost subtlety.
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A student will send me an urgent appeal to hear her, saying she is poor and wants my advice as to whether it is worth while to continue her studies. I invariably refuse such requests.
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Inspired by the purse rather than the soul, the mercenary side fairly screams in many of the works put out by every day American publishers.
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