You may be disappointed if you fail, but you will be doomed if you don’t try. - Beverly Sills

I needed to sing — desperately. My voice poured out more easily because I was no longer singing for anyone's approval; I was beyond caring about the public's reaction, I just wanted to enjoy myself. … I had found a kind of serenity, a new maturity, as a result of my childrens' problems. I didn't feel better or stronger than anyone else but it seemed no longer important whether everyone loved me or not — more important now was for me to love them. Feeling that way turns your whole life around; living becomes the act of giving.

I've always tried to go a step past wherever people expected me to end up. I'm not about to change now.

So long as it doesn't get to the point where you don't remember whose opera you're listening to, I'm willing to experiment.