The major newspapers simply stopped writing about me, and my voice could no longer be heard on radio or television. – Galina Vishnevskaya
Wanting to be understood by an audience that didn’t know Russian, I tried to paint musical pictures by emphasizing the phrasing, using voice color more boldly, and varying the shade and nuance. – Galina Vishnevskaya
The friendship of Shostakovich cast a brilliant light over my whole life and whose spiritual qualities captured my soul once and for all time. – Galina Vishnevskaya
