I've loved opera since I was a child. I study her; I mean of course I can't sing like that, but she has taught me a lot about discovering how to deliver the inner narrative of a song. Because I listen to her songs--I don't speak Italian or I don't speak whatever language she's singing--but I understand what she's conveying through her emotional interpretation.

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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "I've loved opera since I was a child. I study her; I mean of course I can't sing like that, but she has taught me a lot about discovering how to deliver the inner narrative of a song. Because I listen to her songs--I don't speak Italian or I don't speak whatever language she's singing--but I understand what she's conveying through her emotional interpretation." in the context of "Patti Smith upon being asked why Maria Callas is such a great hero of hers, in conversation with Kurt Andersen on PRI's Studio 360 on December 24, 2009." to mean that wisdom is timeless.