I go to bed at midnight and get up at 9. I never take a nap. I don't get tired.

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• Richard Bonynge:

  Lots of young singers come to me and ask, 'May I sing to you?' I say, 'Yes, you can sing to me as l

• Richard Bonynge:

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• Richard Bonynge:

  Don't talk to me about Freud. I'll go up the wall!

• Richard Bonynge:

  When I started, I'd never had a conducting lesson in my life; I could just do it.

• Richard Bonynge:

  The most important thing for any performer is to know your own weaknesses. It's much more important

• Richard Bonynge:

  It takes a big voice a long time to develop properly; the bigger it is, the harder it is to develop

• Richard Bonynge:

  If I can't do an opera as well as most people, I won't do it at all. I don't want to touch Wagner b

• Richard Bonynge:

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• Richard Bonynge:

  I think the air in New York is death.

• Richard Bonynge:

  I've had a wonderful life - I really didn't expect to have this career.