A potpourri of quotes by singers who knew how to do it, covering topics such as technique, psyche, lifestyle, practice, teaching. By the end you'll see, that there's nothing that is valid for everyone.

Quotes by Helge Rosvaenge, Franco Corelli, Johannes Messchaert, Enrico Caruso, Mattia Battistini, Maria Stader, Magda Olivero, Manuel García, Giacomo Lauri Volpi, Jean de Reszke, Nicolai Gedda, Cornell MacNeil, James McCracken, Birgit Nilsson, Mario Sereni, Rosa Ponselle, Lilli Lehmann, Mario del Monaco, Gundula Janowitz, Hermann Prey, Heinrich Knote, Zinka Milanov, Frieda Hempel, Max Lorenz, Fyodor Chaliapin, Giuseppe di Stefano, Tiana Lemnitz, Mirto Picchi, Anton Dermota, Luciano Pavarotti, Set Svanholm, Maria Callas, Beniamino Gigli, Anneliese Rothenberger, Peter Schreier, José Carreras, Peter Hofmann, Lauritz Melchior, Julius Patzak and Martti Talvela.

Sources:
Brünner, Richard: Gesangstechnik. Regensburg 1985
Eggers, Heino: Giuseppe di Stefano. Berlin 1967
Gigli, Beniamino: Confidenze. Rome 1942
Hines, Jerome: Great singers on great singing. New York 1984
Lauri-Volpi, Giacomo: Parallel Voices. Bologna 2023
Müller, Hans-Peter (ed.): Schaut her, ich bin's. Weimar 1989
Müller-Marein, J. & Reinhardt, H.: Das musikalische Selbstportrait. Hamburg 1963
Opera Magazine (ed.): Tenors in Opera. London 2003
Pavarotti, Luciano: My own story. New York 1981
Picchi, Mirto: E lucevan le stelle. Bologna 1981
Rosvaenge, Helge: Mach es besser, mein Sohn. Leipzig 1963