Marian Anderson
Marian Anderson
Marian Anderson was an American contralto and one of the most celebrated singers of the twentieth century. Music critic Alan Blyth said: "Her voice was a rich, vibrant contralto of intrinsic beauty." Most of her singing career was spent performing in concert and recital in major music venues and with famous orchestras throughout the United States and Europe between 1925 and 1965. Although offered roles with many important European opera companies, Anderson declined, as she had no training in acting...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionOpera Singer
Date of Birth27 February 1897
CityPhiladelphia, PA
CountryUnited States of America
Marian Anderson quotes about
It is easy to look back, self-indulgently, feeling pleasantly sorry for oneself and saying I didn't have this and I didn't have that. But it is only the grown woman regretting the hardships of a little girl who never thought they were hardships at all. She had the things that really mattered.
You have two bites at the local apple before you have to go to court,
Leadership should be born out of the understanding of the needs of those who would be affected by it.
The minute a person whose word means a great deal to others dare to take the open-hearted and courageous way, many others follow.
I forgave the DAR many years ago. You lose a lot of time hating people.
Prejudice is like a hair across your cheek. You can't see it, you can't find it with your fingers, but you keep brushing at it because the feel of it is irritating.
A singer starts by having his instrument as a gift from God . . . When you have been given something in a moment of grace, it is sacrilegious to be greedy.
No matter how big a nation is, it is no stronger that its weakest people, and 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 might otherwise
It could be she can't find a job and she doesn't know what to do, ... There are mothers out there who just have no idea. You need to keep up with your child. But we're here to help moms with their children...we're not just going to listen to them and leave.
Sometimes you're overwhelmed when a thing comes, and you do not realize the magnitude of the affair at that moment. When you get away from it, you wonder, did it really happen to you.
The minute a person whose word means a great deal dares to take the open-hearted and courageous way, many others follow.
I suppose I might insist on making issues of things. But that is not my nature, and I always bear in mind that my mission is to leave behind me the kind of impression that will make it easier for those who follow.
I have a great belief in the future of my people and my country.
I had gone to Europe . . . to reach for a place as a serious artist, but I never doubted that I must return. I was - and am - an American.