You have always given me more than I gave to you. You were the wings on which I soared. - Lotte Lehmann

The music is the shining path over which the poet travels to bring his song to the world. - Lotte Lehmann

I had hoped you would protest, but please do not argue. - Lotte Lehmann

But to me the actual sound of the words is all important; I feel always that the words complete the music and must never be swallowed up in it. - Lotte Lehmann