The 19+ Maureen Forrester Quotes

When I Started To Sing, My Mother Would Have Me Engaged To Perform At The Women's Christian Temperance Union National Or Annual Meetings. I Would Hate Doing This Because I Wanted To Play Baseball Or Go Off Skiing.

Young People Can Get Very Discouraged And Get Hooked On Drugs Or On Alcohol Because Of Problems They Perceive As Insurmountable. It Is Important That They Realize A Mistake Need Not Ruin Their Future, But They Must Also Know That Not Everything In Life Is A Bed Of Roses.

I Thought I Should Go To New York Because It Was The Place To Go To Study. I Went And Tried To Get An Application From The Juilliard School But They Wouldn't Even Give Me One Because I Didn't Have My High School Graduation.

After Bruno Walter, My Career Went In Leaps And Bounds. I Have Had 35 Years Of A Career That Is Just Incredible, And A Wonderful Time All Over The World.

I Have Been All Over The World. I Have Met Some Wonderful People, Lots Of Them Very Simple, Whom Nobody Will Ever Hear About, But Who Have Been Fabulous To Me.

My Mother Was A Wonderful, Wonderful Woman With A Lovely Voice Who Hated Housework, Hated Cooking Even More And Loved Her Children. She Was Always Arranging Church Activities Such As A Bazaar.

I Have Three Grandchildren And Am Hoping For 20.

Another Turn In My Life Happened When I Took On The Canada Council.

By The Time I Was Four, I Would Walk Around The Corner And Wait At A Local Streetcar Stop, Get On The Streetcar With Somebody Who Looked Like They Could Be My Mother And Go To The End Of The Line.

I Had A Wonderful Childhood, But I Was A Wanderer From Year One.

That Is What I Always Tell Service Clubs: If You Hear Of Somebody Who Is Very Young And Talented, Pick Them Up And Give Them That Little Assistance To Make Sure That They Get To The Professional Stage.

Perhaps, Once I Am Gone, The One Thing I Might Be Remembered For Is Having Sung A Great Deal Of Mahler With A Great Many Phenomenal Conductors. It Is Wonderful Music, Very Spiritual.