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Maureen Forrester quotes

Canadian Musician July 25, 1930

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My mother was a wonderful, wonderful woman with a lovely voice who hated housework, hated cooking even more and loved her children. She was always arranging church activities such as a bazaar. Maureen Forrester
Young people can get very discouraged and get hooked on drugs or on alcohol because of problems they perceive as insurmountable. It is important that they realize a mistake need not ruin their future, but they must also know that not everything in life is a bed of roses. Maureen Forrester
Maureen Forrester quote: "My book has a lot of parts of my life that people don't know..."
My book has a lot of parts of my life that people don't know about. Maureen Forrester
Maureen Forrester quote: "Another turn in my life happened when I took on the Canada..."
Another turn in my life happened when I took on the Canada Council. Maureen Forrester
Maureen Forrester quote: "I have had five phenomenal children, a great husband and, even..."
I have had five phenomenal children, a great husband and, even though we are separated, we are good friends. Maureen Forrester
Maureen Forrester quote: "I was born in Montreal and came from a lower-middle-class family."
I was born in Montreal and came from a lower-middle-class family. Maureen Forrester
Singing beautiful melodies is one thing, but to deliver the text so that the people understand it, even in a foreign language, has to be worked at very hard. Maureen Forrester
By the time I was four, I would walk around the corner and wait at a local streetcar stop, get on the streetcar with somebody who looked like they could be my mother and go to the end of the line. Maureen Forrester
When I started to sing, my mother would have me engaged to perform at the Women's Christian Temperance Union national or annual meetings. I would hate doing this because I wanted to play baseball or go off skiing. Maureen Forrester
I thought I should go to New York because it was the place to go to study. I went and tried to get an application from the Juilliard School but they wouldn't even give me one because I didn't have my high school graduation. Maureen Forrester
Perhaps, once I am gone, the one thing I might be remembered for is having sung a great deal of Mahler with a great many phenomenal conductors. It is wonderful music, very spiritual. Maureen Forrester
After Bruno Walter, my career went in leaps and bounds. I have had 35 years of a career that is just incredible, and a wonderful time all over the world. Maureen Forrester
Maureen Forrester quote: "If somebody asks me to recommend a young, good singer, I..."
If somebody asks me to recommend a young, good singer, I always do. Maureen Forrester
Maureen Forrester quote: "Making a living in the arts, though, creates so many jobs for..."
Making a living in the arts, though, creates so many jobs for other people. Maureen Forrester
I have been all over the world. I have met some wonderful people, lots of them very simple, whom nobody will ever hear about, but who have been fabulous to me. Maureen Forrester

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