“The only use she has for the word fun is to make the word funeral.”
Rachel Cohn (1968) American writer
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“She was a soprano of the kind often used for augmenting grief at a funeral.”
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“Grief is natural,' she said. 'Overcoming it is a matter of choice.”
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“Up, up, up is where sopranos are. And tenors. Without that, it's not very exciting.”
Leontyne Price (1927) American soprano
From "NEA Opera Honors: Interview with Leontyne Price" for the National Endowment for the Arts on June 4, 2010.
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqVu_wlxTzM&t=1565s
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