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My voice had a long, nonstop career. It deserves to be put to bed with quiet and dignity, not yanked out every once in a while to see if it can still do what it used to do. It can't.
Source: On refusal to sing after her retirement from opera; in Time, 18 Jul 1983.
-- Beverly Sills, (May 25 1929-2007), US opera singer; She is a coloratura soprano; director of the NYC Opera, 1979-88; won two Emmys, Medal of Freedom, 1980; received Living Legacy Award, 1985.