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The very best thing that could happen to a voice, if it shows any promise at all, is when it is very young to leave it alone and to let it develop quite naturally, and to let the person go on as long as possible with the sheer joy of singing . . .

Source: Interview in Connoisseur in And So I Sing: African American Divas of Opera and Concert, by Rosalyn M. Story, 1993.
-- Jessye Norman, (Sep 15 1945-____), US operatic and concert singer; She is a popular recitalist and recording star who is said to be the inspiration for Beineix's film Diva; made her Metropolitan Opera debut, 1983.

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