Quotes and Sayings about Operas

You ever heard of opera? It's what those rich guys listen to at their banquets. It's all tenor this and falsetto that.

The opera isn't over until the last heterosexual falls asleep.

Well, what did you expect in an opera? A happy ending?

Ooh, the Patriot Act is so terrible! The government might find out what library books I take out! What's next, finding out what operas I go to?

"The Phantom of the Opera" is about love. It's as simple as that.

People's reactions to opera the first time they see it is very dramatic; they either love it or they hate it. If they love it, they will always love it. If they don't, they may learn to appreciate it, but it will never become part of their soul.

We're trying to keep a low profile. You want drama, go to the opera!

Sleep is an excellent way of listening to an opera.

An opera begins long before the curtain goes up and ends long after it has come down. It starts in my imagination, it becomes my life, and it stays part of my life long after I've left the opera house.

It is so important for people at a young age to be invited to embrace classical music and opera.

Italians are fantastic people, really. They can work you over in an alley while singing an opera.

Songs are as sad as the listener.

One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.

Music is a total constant. That's why we have such a strong visceral connection to it, you know? Because a song can take you back instantly to a moment, or a place, or even a person. No matter what else has changed in your or the world, that one song says the same, just like that moment.

Music is reflection of self

"Ah, music"' he said, wiping his eyes. "A magic beyond all we do here!"

Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.

Without music, life would be a mistake.

Music is the great uniter. An incredible force. Something that people who differ on everything and anything else can have in common.

If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music.

But I believe in music... the way that some people believe in fairy tales.

Why say it when you can sing it?

If it's illegal to rock and roll, throw my ass in jail!

The music. I can hear it everywhere. In the wind... in the air... in the light. It's all around us. All you have to do is open yourself up. All you have to do... is listen.

Only a song has the power to change a heart. Never underestimate the power of music.

Sing once again with me our strange duet
My power over you grows stronger yet
And though you turn from me to glance behind
The Phantom of the Opera is there
Inside your mind

Slowly, gently, night unfurls its splendor
Grasp it, sense it, tremulous and tender
Turn your face away from the garish light of day
Turn your thoughts away from cold, unfeeling light
And listen to the music of the night

Now that's how life should be like! Lose the red tape, and live free!

We all have to live with our disappointments. I have to sleep with mine.

Insurance is like marriage. You pay and pay, and never get anything back!

Don't take life too seriously. You'll never get out alive!

If you're happy and you know it, you're probably annoying someone who isn't.

To alcohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems!

My Homer is not a Communist. He may be a liar, a pig, an idiot, a Communist, but he is NOT a p-rn star!

If there is a country that has committed unspeakable atrocities in the world, it is the United States of America. They don’t care for human beings.

What strikes me is that there's a very fine line between success and failure. Just one ingredient can make the difference.

Vivian: "You're late."
Edward: "You're stunning."
Vivian: "You're forgiven."

Your days of fighting to the so-called greater good are over. This is our chance to control the truth - the concepts of right and wrong - for everyone for centuries to come. You're fighting to save an ideal that doesn't exist. Never did. You need to pick a side.

Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will.

I am not an angel and do not pretend to be. That is not one of my roles. But I am not the devil either. I am a woman and a serious artist, and I would like so to be judged.

Learning music by reading about it is like making love by mail.

Las Vegas is the boiling pot of entertainment.

In Sicily, women are more dangerous than shotguns.

My ideals have no stains.
I must correct you. People here bear no sins in the eyes of the gods... Only laws and the Tribunal can judge someone.
They can judge even me. So praise my magnificence and purity.