Andrea Bocelli Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“Destiny has a lot to do with it, but so do you. You have to persevere, you have to insist.”
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“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.”
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“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.”
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“A young pregnant wife has been hospitalized for a simple attack of appendicitis. The doctors had to apply ice to her stomach and when the treatments ended the doctors suggested that she abort the child, they told her it was the 'best solution' because the baby would be born with some disability but the young brave wife decided not to abort, and the child was born. That woman was my Mother and I was the child.”
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“I don't like being called 'macho.' Macho basically means stupid and a real Italian man is not macho, he's smart. That's smart in both senses: elegant and clever.”
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“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.”
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“Success is related to faith. Faith comes first.”
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“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.”
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“Even in the most beautiful music, there are some silences, which are there so we can witness the importance of silence. Silence is more important than ever, as life today is full of noise. We speak a lot about environmental pollution but not enough about noise pollution.”
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“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.”
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“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.”
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“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.”
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“I respect very much my public and also the music I perform.”
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“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.”
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“I live for my children, so my number one rule is I won't go away from home for more than two weeks.”
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“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.”
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“I'm quite shy, so I hate seeing my private life splashed over the papers.”
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“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.”
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“I also always carry my flute. It's very important for me to try to relax when I'm travelling, and playing my flute helps me to unwind.”
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“I like reading... French, Russian classics - Gogol, Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, Flaubert. I also like Hemingway, Virginia Woolf.”
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“I know that my passion is for opera, but sometimes I like also to sing songs, because there are many beautiful melodies.”
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“It is the uninvolved parent who has to resort to strictness.”
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“To sing a song is like whispering to a child's ear. It is an art heavily relying on improvisation.”
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“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.”
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“Fatherhood is a very natural thing; it's not something that shakes up my life but rather it enriches it.”
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“I have a European frame of mind and Europe is my home.”
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“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.”
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“I do not think anyone can ever do anything without the help and will of God.”
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“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.”
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