42 Quotes by Gian Carlo Menotti

God gives you the gift of melody or He doesn't - it's as simple as that.

I can sit on a chair with a score and give myself a wonderful performance.

I guess I am running the risk of becoming the Hans Christian Andersen of opera.

I have a heart problem, so I have to simplify my life and be content with memories and friends and music.

I have always felt that art, especially music, is but a demonstration of God.

I loathe my body. The liver spots, the sagging flesh.

The creation of Spoleto was a social experiment. Because I've always suffered guilt from being a Catholic, when I was in my fifties I felt a need of being needed.

People ask me whether I'm religious. Well, in a certain way, I am.

Now, all of a sudden, every college and every university has an opera theater. Every little city has its little group.