"Always be smarter than the people who hire you." - Lena Horne
"Success is important only to the extent that it puts one in a position to do more things one likes to do." - Sarah Caldwell
"When music fails to agree to the ear, to soothe the ear and the heart and the senses, then it has missed its point." - Maria Callas
"As long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might." - Marian Anderson
"Sometimes oppurtunities float right past your nose. Work hard, apply yourself, and be ready. When an opportunity comes you can grab it." - Julie Andrews
"No one can figure out your worth but you." - Pearl Bailey
"You can do anything you want to do, if you know what to do." - Betty Carter
"I don't think you get to good writing unless you expose yourself and your feelings. Deep songs don't come from the surface; they come from the deep down. The poetry and the songs that you are suppose to write, I believe are in your heart." - Judy Collins
"It's the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.' Marlene Dietrich
"If a song's about something I've experienced or that could've happened to me it's good. But if it's alien to me, I couldn't lend anything to it. Because that's what soul is all about." - Aretha Franklin
"Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else." - Judy Garland
"In the long run, you make your own luck - good, bad, or indifferent." - Loretta Lynn
"Cherish forever what makes you unique, 'cuz you're really a yawn if it goes." - Bette Midler
"You can't just sit there and wait for people to give you that golden dream. You've got to get out there and make it happen for yourself." - Diana Ross
"You have got to discover you, what you do, and trust it." - Barbra Streisand
"I don't like to dwell on the past." - Tina Turner
