9+ Kiri Te Kanawa Quotes And Sayings

Following is our list of the best Kiri Te Kanawa quotes and sayings.

I only have so much energy, so something had to go. This is why, at the end of the day, I've preserved my sanity for the children and also manage to do my best at work. — Kiri Te Kanawa

When I perform Strauss, it is as if the music fits me like a glove. My voice seems to lie in a happy area in this music, which is lyrical and passionate at the same time. — Kiri Te Kanawa

I'm completely in charge of my own life now. Sometimes there's no one there to slap me on the hand and say: 'Stop being so bullish and bossy,' and things like that. — Kiri Te Kanawa

I'm more confident now than I've ever been. As you get older, you have to be. — Kiri Te Kanawa

I never had the influence of any other singer in my music, so I sounded like myself all the time. — Kiri Te Kanawa

The word 'no' is a very good word in a singer's repertoire. — Kiri Te Kanawa

That's been my sort of aim in life, to never miss an opportunity. — Kiri Te Kanawa

I grew up in the New Zealand countryside. We didn't have television until I was 14, so sing-alongs were our only entertainment. — Kiri Te Kanawa

My energy is undiminished. Someone said to me the other day, 'Are you retired?' and I said, 'Well, I'm just trying to prove that I'm not.' There's so many things to do. — Kiri Te Kanawa