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- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
I first started playing in piano bars for three reasons - to make money, to be in the company of my friends - and also to hook up with young girls. I always knew, even before I played in piano bars, about the effect of my voice.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
An opera singer is like an athlete before a match. An athlete cannot overdo anything. In order to perform at the highest possible level, you need to refrain from activities so as to be able to express this power.
- Passion
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like very much to ride horses. I like soccer, I have had a passion for boxing since I was a child, although it would be stupid for me to box.
- Must
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- Nov 07, 2020
In singing, you cannot 'cheat' if you want to give emotions to those who are listening. You must have something to tell.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I get on stage, my first goal is not to show my expertise, but on the contrary, to give a bit of happiness, of joy, of cheerfulness. I am firmly convinced that in order to sing well, you must love your neighbor and be passionate about life.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have always tried to perform the music I love, and I think I am lucky because my preferences are often the ones of the public.
- Crisis
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- Nov 07, 2020
Apart from a period of crisis during my adolescence, when my voice was changing and I could not tame it - it was like a kicking foal that does not listen to reason - I have always been told I have a pleasant and recognizable voice.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
Popularity gets up people's noses. But I understand the importance and the function of popular music. There is an artistic purpose. Popular music helps people to develop a curiosity and leads them towards classical music.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
In essence, I set myself the objective of doing what I feel is right without having any ambition.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I loved riding bikes and horses. I was eight when I started having lessons, and when my father bought me my own horse I couldn't wait to go off on my own.
- Bike
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, riding a two-wheeler bike was very risky. Counting the pedal strokes before turning a corner and learning to hear the sounds coming from buildings, grass and the climbing frame made all the difference to basic survival and ensured that I didn't end up head-first in the sandpit.
- Example
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- Nov 07, 2020
People are often quite surprised by the sport and leisure activities practised by the blind. For example, tandem cycling is very popular.
- Beautiful
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's always beautiful to sing with other great voices. I like voices in general. It's a big privilege to have great singers next to me.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
The nature of music is mysterious and so much so that it generates strong emotions within us. It moves along passages that reach the most intimate areas of our psyche without being tried by prejudices or influences of any kind.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
Music is an art that goes well beyond science. Proof can be found in the huge amount of studies that have been carried out throughout the world based on music-therapy and the important results achieved.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Music is a prerogative of those who are willing to spend time to study it, understand and love it, well aware of the fact that one life is not enough to improve just one single note of what has already been written and performed.
- Passion
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- Nov 07, 2020
My real passion is for opera. It was born and developed by listening to records, and my dream as a child was to record entire operas when I grew up, and this dream came true.
- Enlargement
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- Nov 07, 2020
The feeling of an evolution is a constant for every artist who is pursuing the search of refinement and enlargement of his/her own means of expression.
- Colleagues
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- Nov 07, 2020
In preparing my thesis, I have had the pleasure of collecting testimonies from colleagues such as Placido Domingo but also from singing teachers and musicologists. The entire course of study has confirmed what I already thought, that the value and meaning of opera singing, at the beginning of the third millennium, remain intact.
- Real
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- Nov 07, 2020
Opera singing is in every way of inestimable value; a real heritage for all mankind that has been reached over centuries of studies, attempts, flights of the spirit.
- Intention
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- Nov 07, 2020
All that counts in life is intention.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
You can be great only if it is your destiny.
- Mountains
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some years ago I gave a concert in the mountains with snow all around, and that was much colder.
- Friends
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- Nov 07, 2020
Often, I went in love with some friends in school. And, no, I suffered. Only later, things went better.
- Medicine
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think I don't want to use drugs or medicine, so nothing. The only way is to go on stage and to hope.
- Fright
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have big, big stage fright.
- Passion
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- Nov 07, 2020
I began when I was a child, because I was born and grew up in a little village. And many people ride the horses. So, it was a big - it has been a big passion for me.
- Insist
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- Nov 07, 2020
Destiny has a lot to do with it, but so do you. You have to persevere, you have to insist.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Because, in opera, I have to sing for people that are very far from me, instead of, when I sing a song, I try to imagine to sing like in an ear of a child.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
Because I practice often with my children at home.
- Beautiful Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even in the most beautiful music there are some silences, which are there so we can witness the importance of silence.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was an agnostic until I realized that I had to choose between God and fate. The idea that humanity and nature are the result of fate was not convincing at all. I find the presence of God everywhere.
- Fear
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I sing for myself, I sing in a more free, athletic way. When I face an audience, there is always some fear that makes me put the brakes on a bit.
- Lawyer
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- Nov 07, 2020
I studied to be a lawyer, and after that I did something, obviously, completely different. With change, you learn something. If you do the same thing over and over again, you never learn anything.
- My Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Fatherhood is a very natural thing; it's not something that shakes up my life but rather it enriches it.
- Gift
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- Nov 07, 2020
I consider the voice a gift from the heavens, and as all the gifts from the heavens, they must be used, but the minute that the heavens call it back then of course I will stop.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
The most widely criticised singers in the history of opera, Maria Callas and Franco Corelli, happen also to be the best singers. I am honoured for being part of their group.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was very young, I started trying to sing like the great tenor Mario Lanza; my family used to play his records. We all learn best by imitating others.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
A career is like a house: it's made of many bricks, and each brick has the same value, because without any one of them, the house would collapse.
- Singing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Listen to what others tell you about your voice. If you're only singing to please yourself, you might as well just sing under the shower. But if you're singing for others, you are reliant on them to ask you to sing.
- Art Forms
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have trouble with modern art. But in general, all art forms fascinate me - art is the way human beings express what we can't say in words.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
Let me say that I've never thought to conduct because the conductor has to think to the music before the orchestra. And the orchestra comes later. For me, it's terrible.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have always loved music and singing, and I am open to listen to any type of music. Regardless of my mood, my heart is always set racing when I listen to opera. When I decide which music I want to hear, my choice is almost invariably an opera recording.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
To sing a duet together means sharing with someone both the pleasure and the responsibility of making music for an audience which is there to feel enjoyment through music.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have had the good fortune of being able to sing with many of the finest voices in the world, and for someone who loves voices as I do, this is an enormous privilege.
- Nov 07, 2020
Stage fright is my worst problem.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
A voice is very intimate. It's something of your own. So there's always this fear, because you feel naked. There's a fear of not reaching up to expectations. As you become more famous, people come and expect to hear something extraordinary, so you don't want to disappoint them. I feel this sense of responsibility.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
My life experience has taught me nothing happens by chance. Even the idea of the ball in a roulette game: it's not chance it ends up in a certain place. It's forces that are at play.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't like crying. I'm a country boy, and we're the product of our upbringing. As a boy, I was told that men don't cry.
- I Was Born
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- Nov 07, 2020
When a little more than a teenager, I was a piano-bar pianist in the land where I was born and raised, Tuscany.
- Memories
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Passione' is a selection of the music moments that have accompanied my youth; a collection of cherished memories, of moments, of fleeting emotions, of sleepless nights.
- Fibers
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- Nov 07, 2020
A love song must respect the canons of music beauty, entering the fibers of those who are listening. It must make them dream and pleasantly introduce them to the universe of love.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am honored I have performed 'Quizas Quizas Quizas' with Jennifer Lopez, an eclectic artist who thanks to the charismatic power of her voice and to her soft sensuality, has managed to make this song particularly convincing.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
A country that has really resonated with me and I was really impressed with was Israel. I found that the whole country had a very special atmosphere. I was there to perform, but it was one of the few places that I've visited over the years that I had some free time to explore, and I was hugely impressed by all the religious history there.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's very important for me to try to relax when I'm travelling, and playing my flute helps me to unwind.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
To be happy when you are travelling, you need to be happy inside before you leave. A positive frame of mind will definitely enhance your travelling experience. If I'm not in a positive frame of mind then the whole thing definitely becomes more of a challenge for me.
- Frustrating Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been to almost every country in the world, and the most frustrating thing for me has been that my schedule has always been so busy that there's so little time before and after performances to explore where I'm visiting.
- Every Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
I speak to God every day.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I did a pop album, 'Sogno,' in 1999. I think it's important to record another pop album because many people love pop music. By this kind of repertoire, some people can later discover classical music.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to have time for myself, my family and my friends. It's important because in order to sing well, you must have inspiration, and inspiration comes from life, from living.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
Very often, I recognize many, many defects, so I try to improve myself every day. I think my voice is very communicative.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I sing, I think mostly about the music. But I know that, through singing, my body shows everything that I am. I am a very passionate man and I suffer a lot and have a lot of joy also. In my opinion, it is very important for me to find this stimulus and motivation for singing.
- Beauty
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- Nov 07, 2020
What is beautiful enchants me. I mean not just physical beauty but a wider concept of beauty. There is beauty in poetry and in great musical or singing performances. There is beauty everywhere if you can just see it.
- Nov 07, 2020
My style in Italian is very old-style.
- Beautiful
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- Nov 07, 2020
Music is able to make a person dream. When you dream, you dream of something good, something beautiful, and when you dream, you always dream of yourself better than you are.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always been on the side of science that tries to help man. I play an active part with the foundations I'm involved in. Science gives hope. If it were offered to me? Never say never. But I wouldn't kill or steal to have my sight. My blindness doesn't define my life.
- Lost
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was a daredevil before, and after I lost my sight I was the same. I loved riding bikes, scooters and horses. I even learned to box. Muhammad Ali is my hero.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
Naturally, women are drawn to a man who understands the subtlety of emotions, and they know I'm a passionate man. But the reason I try to keep myself in shape is so I can sing better, not to look good.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't know if One Direction will stand the test of time. I have a niece who goes crazy for them. But the only way to judge art is to wait and see if it becomes evergreen. This takes a bit of time. Adele is a very good musician and I'd like to sing with her. But, again, time will tell if her music will become evergreen.
- Football
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- Nov 07, 2020
I loved playing football. In this particular match the ball happened to hit my right eye, the only one which I could see light and colour with.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
The fact that I am blind is not what defines my life. It should be of no more interest than my blood type. People wonder if there is a relationship between my lack of sight and the way I sing. But there's no connection.
- Mistake
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- Nov 07, 2020
Losing my sight had nothing to do with my focus on music. My passion for music was already there, so it would be a mistake to give too much significance to my blindness.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like to windsurf and ski, and most of all I love to ride horses. The wilder and faster the better! If I'm presented with a fast horse or a fast boat, I still get that shiver of excitement and I cannot resist. Luckily I never seem to have any accidents, and thank God for that.
- Frame
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a European frame of mind and Europe is my home.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't have an extraordinary degree of self-confidence, but I know the gift I have been given from God and I try to share it with as many people as possible. Having a great voice is not a merit. I don't think it is a merit.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Faith has a role to play in life. It is not related to success. It is the other way round. Success is related to faith. Faith comes first.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
The world is full of many beautiful voices; I will perform with many of them. I love women's voices.
- Character
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every audience has its character; I like America - they love me. I suffer from stage fright, but in America not so much.
- Classics
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like reading... French, Russian classics - Gogol, Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, Flaubert. I also like Hemingway, Virginia Woolf.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
Probably the first time I left Italy was to travel by train to Lourdes. I went with my mother and my grandmother - who was a very religious person - so it was a pilgrimage of sorts. I remember it as a very intense, but beautiful experience.
- Cooking
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love eating shabu-shabu in Japan - a kind of beef hotpot. But if you're talking about authentic, traditional food, then Italian cooking is one of the best in the world.
- Healing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some of us are born with a weakness for music. As a baby, music would stop whatever thought I was having. If I was worried, it would stop me worrying; if I was crying, it would stop me crying. Music was a healing thing for me.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always knew I would sing. I just didn't know if I would be successful or not. But I sang at school, I sang at parties, I sang at church. Everyone always asked me to sing. I'd be playing football with my friends, and my parents would ask me to sing for their guests. I was never very happy about that because I wanted to play football.
- Queen
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you're on stage singing, you're naked. Your voice is something very intimate, and that's why I'm scared every time before I perform. It doesn't matter if I'm singing for a king or a queen or the Pope, it's enough to be in front of anybody. I suffer, but I can't do anything about it.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
Stage fright is my worst problem. A voice is very intimate. It's something of your own. So there's always this fear, because you feel naked. There's a fear of not reaching up to expectations.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a country boy, and we're the product of our upbringing. As a boy, I was told that men don't cry.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have to face life with a newly found passion. I must rediscover the irresistible will to learn, to live and to love.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020