Sarah Brightman Quotes

Apparently, everyone is most scared of the psychological tests. I didn’t know how I’d fare. What I’ve found out is I may be creative and imaginative, but I’m also extremely together.

I am an expert in the ‘art of the possible.’

I feel a tremendous sense of accomplishment. Everything is in tune: the voice, the type of music, who I am and who people think I am.

When I sing, I close my eyes. If I see a feather, everything is fine. Without this image in my mind, the sound is not ‘truthful’ enough, and I must begin again. I have to.

As I get older, I become more imaginative and feel like I have maybe a shorter time to get a lot of things going on in my mind done.

I never thought that I would be creating my own ‘cross-over’ genre. What I did was very real and organic. I have worked in so many different styles so it all just came together.

I love a challenge and the last four years it has all come to fruition and it has been wonderful.

I’m not flying to the moon. But when I’ve talked to people who have been up, you can tell it’s really special because without fail a very special light comes into their eyes and they appear to be very fulfilled in some way and very calm.

Performing was something I could cling to. It was the only thing I had some control over and that’s why I did it. If I hadn’t, I’m not sure which way I’d have gone.

I think of myself not just as a dreamer, but as a dream chaser.

Philosophy changes day by day.

Life is too complex to compress into soundbites. Every situation is different.

I am an interpreter of music rather than a composer of it.

I had been overexposed in a particular way because my marriage to an extremely successful older man meant I was involved in his public life as well as my own.

I can never say that I will never return to musical theatre. There may be a part in the future that I really want to do. I love plays as well. I am very open to ideas. I hope to do many things in the future.

I don’t think I would get married again; I don’t know if I’m a very good candidate because of all the touring I do.

There is a reason that both have had the longevity in their careers that they have had. They have each done very different things throughout their careers and lived really interesting lives. There is a reason why they are up there still. After all, there is only one Barbra Streisand and one Liza Minnelli.

I have the sort of round face that you complain about when you’re younger, but which serves you well as you get older.

I look at composers and conductors, anybody involved in music or writing or art in general; they got more done as they got older. If I can, I’ll be one of those people because what I do is my passion.

I have a love-hate relationship with performing.

I love the intimacy of making movies. The focus is deeper and much more intense than musical theatre.

As I’m sure you may know, I’m planning to become a spaceflight participant and have been recently approved to begin my spaceflight training by the Russian space federation having passed the necessary medical and physical tests.

I’ve wanted to go to space, really, since I was a little girl.

I’ve always been interested in space and the idea of exploration in that area since I was a child growing up through the ’60s.

I like, ‘I Believe In Father Christmas’ – that is one of my favorites it is a lovely composition; ‘Colder Than Winter’ as well. There are so many beautiful songs.

I actually want to go up into space.

I think that it is always hard to find two voices that fit together well.

I’ve always been involved with all aspects of my careers. Being behind the camera seems as natural as in front.

Finally my dream came true in that there was a possibility that I could travel to the International Space Station. I’ve gone through the medicals and the training and now I’m officially, by the Russian Space Federation, a cosmonaut in training.

A journey into space is the greatest adventure I can imagine.