Leontyne Price
Leontyne Price
Mary Violet Leontyne Priceis an American soprano. Born and raised in Laurel, Mississippi, she rose to international acclaim in the 1950s and 1960s, and was one of the first African Americans to become a leading artist at the Metropolitan Opera...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionOpera Singer
Date of Birth10 February 1927
CityLaurel, MS
CountryUnited States of America
beautiful daughter mother
Momma was home. She was the most totally human, human being that I have ever known, and so very beautiful. Within our home, she was an abundance of love, discipline, fun, affection, strength, tenderness, encouragement, understanding, inspiration, support.
inspirational oil midnight
Stay up and really burn the midnight oil. There are no compromises.
beautiful thinking careers
Once you get on stage, everything is right. I feel the most beautiful, complete, fulfilled. I think that's why, in the case of noncompromising career women, parts of our personal lives don't work out. One person can't give you the feeling that thousands of people give you.
heaven sake enjoy
If I do have some success, I'd like to enjoy it, for heaven's sake! What is the point of having it otherwise?
art race voice
... we performers are monsters. We are a totally different, far-out race of people. I totally and completely admit, with no qualmsat all, my egomania, my selfishness, coupled with a really magnificent voice.
color accomplishment justice
Accomplishments have no color.
justice ease has-beens
All token Blacks have the same experience. I have been pointed at as a solution to things that have not yet begun to be solved, because pointing at us token Blacks eases consciences of millions, and this is dreadfully wrong.
i-am-the-best knows american-woman
I am here and you will know that I am the best and will hear me.
sex voice healthy
A healthy sex life. Best thing in the world for a woman's voice.
america black three
The way I was taught, being black was a plus, always. Being a human being, being in America, and being black, all three were the greatest things that could happen to you. The combination was unbeatable.
singing taught given
I have never given all of myself, even vocally, to anyone. I was taught to sing on your interest, not your capital.
color hair justice
I am here and you will know that I am the best and will hear me. The color of my skin or the kink of my hair or the spread of my mouth has nothing to do with what you are listening to.
inspirational-life eras shifting
You should always know when you're shifting gears in life. You should leave your era; it should never leave you.
art oil midnight
Art is the only thing you cannot punch a button for. You must do it the old-fashioned way. Stay up and really burn the midnight oil. There are no compromises.