Art I am deeply spiritual; I revel in those things that make for good - the things that we can do to shed a little light, to help place an oft-dissonant... Jessye Norman 20
Friendship I have enjoyed most particularly reading the correspondence between Gustav Mahler and Richard Strauss. The genuine friendship, competitiveness and... Jessye Norman 16
Success One needs more than ambition and talent to make a success of anything, really. There must be love and a vocation. Jessye Norman 17
Anger There's no anger ever in a spiritual. There's always the dream of a hope of a better day coming. That God understands the troubles that I'm... Jessye Norman 16
Age I knew that I was loved. And that's such an important thing. And, of course, at such an early age, you take it for granted. Of course your parents... Jessye Norman 16
Art If I were not able to separate the art from the artists, I think I would limit myself a great deal, and life wouldn't be nearly as interesting. Jessye Norman 19
Christmas I read everything. I'll read a John Grisham novel, I'll sit and read a whole book of poems by Maya Angelou, or I'll just read some Mary Oliver -... Jessye Norman 13
