Famous Quotes of Classical Crossover Soprano & songwriter - Sarah Brightman
In the past, I always used to be looking for answers. Today, I know there are only questions. So I just live.
~ Sarah Brightman
It really is strange the way I work for success but when I get there cannot appreciate it. I enjoy the road to success and the struggle - even when it becomes hard. But when I achieve my goal, I feel suddenly and totally stressed. Only in retrospect can I begin to enjoy the moment and admit just how great it was.
~ Sarah Brightman
It was such a creative time. Everything was happening very fast. He was writing, I was singing. He was inspired, and I was inspired. I didn’t really have time to think about it. I didn’t really have time to read things about it, either. I got a sense of things, which made me quite nervous at times. But, no, we were running all the time then, doing things. It was fun, but also a lot of pressure.
~ Sarah Brightman
I’ve always felt as if I was Christine, because of her story. After all, she started in the chorus and from that she evolved into a singer, not a big operatic singer, but a singer with a pure and versatile voice which was classical…
~ Sarah Brightman
My fans want me with my hair.
~ Sarah Brightman
People have said there is an integrity about me, and I think there is. I don’t try to follow a trend. I have my own little path.
~ Sarah Brightman
Right before I go on stage I’m absolutely terrified. My mind darts at many directions but the center of me is going forward into the performance.
~ Sarah Brightman
The opera world was shocked! But the image is very classical. It’s taken from Botticelli’s portrait of Venus, who’s standing in a seashell with her hair covering her body. It’s very sensual. It represents the vulnerable side of me. Although I’m not wearing any clothes, it comes across very well.
~ Sarah Brightman
They’re incredibly complicated…but also natural. I know what works, what doesn’t work, all the old tricks.
~ Sarah Brightman
When I sing, I close my eyes. If I see a feather, everything is fine. Without this image in my mind, the sound is not ‘truthful’ enough and I must begin again. I have to. I first had this feeling, this instinct, with ‘The Phantom of the Opera’, and since then have always listened to it.
~ Sarah Brightman
You do have to be fairly selfish when you have a gift. You cannot afford to let too many outside things get in the way.
~ Sarah Brightman
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