After all, what are we singers but the silver-voiced messengers of the poet and musician?
Melba, Dame Nellie
MELBA, DAME NELLIE
Melba, Dame Nellie
If I'd been a housemaid I'd have been the best in Australia – I couldn't help it. It's got to be perfection for me.
Melba, Dame Nellie
MELBA, DAME NELLIE – Melodies and Memories
Music is not written in red, white and blue. It is written in the heart's blood of the composer.
MELBA, DAME NELLIE - Melodies and Memories
MELBA, DAME NELLIE
You won't be famous until people start saying the worst things they can about you. Don't worry! It's a good sign!
MELBA, DAME NELLIE
MELBA, DAME NELLIE – Speech to the students of Guildhall School of Music, London 1911
What are we singers but the silver-voiced messengers of the poet and the musician?
MELBA, DAME NELLIE - Speech to the students of Guildhall School of Music, London 1911
MELBA, DAME NELLIE
If I'd been a housemaid I'd have been the best in Australia – I couldn't help it. It's got to be perfection for me.
MELBA, DAME NELLIE
MELBA, DAME NELLIE
The first rule in opera is the first rule in life: see to everything yourself
MELBA, DAME NELLIE
MELBA, DAME NELLIE – Melodies and Memories
One of the drawbacks of Fame is that one can never escape from it.
MELBA, DAME NELLIE - Melodies and Memories