Alma Gluck Quotes

When the student has her voice under complete control, it is safe to take up the lyric repertoire of Mendelssohn, Old English Songs, etc. How simple and charming they are!

We are rich in the quantity of songs rather than in the quality. The singer has to go through hundreds of compositions before he finds one that really says something.

Vocal study before age 20 is likely to be injurious, though some survive it in the hands of very careful and understanding teachers.

The student who deceives himself into thinking that he is giving his life like an ascetic in the spirit of sacrifice for art, is the victim of a deplorable species of egotism.

The real artist has no idea that he is sacrificing himself for art. He does what he does for one reason and one reason only-he can’t help doing it.

The real artist has no idea that he is sacrificing himself for art. He does what he does for one reason and one reason only-he can’t help doing it.