Florence Foster Jenkins * Quotes

"Maestro, do you think I'm ready for a concert?"

"If you truly love me you'll let me."

Florence F. Jenkins: "You know I played for the president when I was eight years-old."
Cosme McMoon: "Really?"
Florence F. Jenkins: "Yes, little Miss Foster they called me. I had very high hopes of becoming a concert pianist, but then when the nerves were damaged in my left hand that was not to be."

"When I was sixteen years-old my father told me that if I didn't give up music he'd cut me off, of course he didn't understand, music is my life."

Florence F. Jenkins: "Can you imagine what that must feel like, to hold three thousand people in the cup of your hand?"
St Clair Bayfield: "Hmm..."
Florence F. Jenkins: "I would like to take some more lessons."
St Clair Bayfield: "What about a pianist?"
Florence F. Jenkins: "Yes, I shall need someone. Someone with passion."

"Now I must warn you, I work very hard. I study an hour everyday, sometimes two."

"She's remarkable, isn't she?"