“French is, in many ways, more difficult for an English-speaking person...” — Alma Gluck Quote

“French is, in many ways, more difficult for an English-speaking person to sing. It is so full of complex and trying vowels. It requires the utmost subtlety.”

“Time and again, a student will send me an urgent appeal to hear her, saying she is poor and wants my advice as to whether it is worthwhile to continue her studies. I invariably refuse such requests, saying that if the student could give up her work on my advice, she had better give it up without it.”

“Just as the bird sings or the butterfly soars, because it is his natural characteristic, so the artist works.”

“In the piano, one has the instrument complete before he begins; but in the case of the voice, the instrument has to be developed by study.”

“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.”

“All living things are gnarly, in that they inevitably do things that are much more complex than one might have expected.”

“It's all about the whey protein and multi-mineral complexes I consume - it's good for my hair, and it's good for my skin.”

“Today, even small entities that trade complex instruments or are granted sufficient leverage can threaten the global financial system.”

“When I was growing up, the top movies dealt with grown-up, complex emotions.”

“A lot of the time, unfortunately for women, there's not a lot of complex roles. I don't mean complex like tortured or whatever. I mean complex like there's more going on with them than, 'I'm a mom.'”

“Hip-hop isn't as complex as a woman is.”