Source: Letters to Milena
“I think a life in music is a life beautifully spent and this is what I have devoted my life to.”
Luciano Pavarotti (1935–2007) Italian operatic tenor
Penso che una vita per la musica sia una vita spesa bene ed è a questo che mi sono dedicato. <br class="br">As quoted at a tribute page on his official website, lucianopavarotti.com (September 2007) http://www.lucianopavarotti.com
Salvador Dalí (1904–1989) Spanish artist
Quotes of Salvador Dali, 1961 - 1970, Diary of a Genius (1964)
“I thought you had forgotten me.”
“I have spent my life remembering you.”
Meredith Ann Pierce (1958) American writer
Source: The Son of Summer Stars
“I have never spent a day in my adult life where I didn't learn something”
Peter Jennings (1938–2005) News anchor
Interview in Saturday Evening Post, quoted by USA Today http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2005-08-07-jennings-dies_x.htm?POE=LIFISVA (7 August 2005) <br class="br">Context: I have never spent a day in my adult life where I didn't learn something, and if there is a born-again quality to me, that's it.
Martha Graham (1894–1991) American dancer and choreographer
As quoted in "About Martha Graham" at the Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance http://marthagraham.org/resources/aboutgraham.
Al Capone (1899–1947) American gangster
As quoted in How to Win Friends and Influence People (1936) by Dale Carnegie, p. 26
“I spent all of my life trying to stay away from sports and here I am in a sporting arena.”
Kurt Cobain (1967–1994) American musician and artist
1993-12-30 at the Great Western Forum, Inglewood, California
Stage banter
