Placido Domingo quotes
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“When it becomes clear that no one else shares your level of passion, you are where you belong.”
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“But I won't deprive myself of singing opera as long as my voice follows.”
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“I hope I have given back half the joy music has given me.”
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“Sometimes pianists try to sound like singers: me personally, I try to sound like a Bösendorfer.”
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“I then realized that I could never be satisfied again with the mere natural charm of my voice, that I had to constantly paint when singing, melting all the colors, expressing reds and blacks that had to be less primary but bursting with subtly colored combinations.”
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“I am never wrong when it comes to my possibilities.”
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“Honestly, if the public still wants to hear me in some works, I have to go down a half step.”
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“In the last century, everybody was singing lower.”
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“When I was a young man, I was a baritone, very far from possessing the whole range of the tenor then.”
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“To stay at my best, I have to stop talking during the preceding day.”
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“Between parts I was too old for and roles that were too overwhelming, out of reach then for my voice. I carved out a niche with the Wagnerian repertoire since I am attracted by its theatrical intensity.”
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“When a young artist is ready, one has to bring him into the limelight.”
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“When facing symphonic orchestras which have played some works five thousands times, you have nothing to do.”
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“When you are confronted with an opera, you have to keep an eye on everything: the musicians, the chorus, the ballet, the singers, the staging.”
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“The press regularly proclaims my ambitions and my financial demands.”
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“This season, over eight productions, I am presenting four young tenors.”
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“The public made me and then encouraged me for many years, and my future even now depends upon it.”
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“Should it happen tomorrow, I would fall to my knees to give thanks to God for such a career.”
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“When working with an orchestra, you never spend more than 20 minutes per recording session.”
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“Don't you think it astonishing that, at 58, I am still working at improving my career?”
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“I have always studied my parts with the orchestral score and not with the piano reduction.”
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“I will prove that a great conducting career is expecting me.”
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“On the other hand, I have devoted so much energy to reach the top that I accept the stress of being there.”
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“If money was my only motivation, I would organize myself differently.”
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“I'm not superstitious because it brings bad luck.”
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“We all have a destiny in accordance with the breadth of our shoulders. My shoulders are broad.”
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“With my personal preparation at the piano, I can afford to hum at half voice.”
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“Young singers are much better educated musically, much better informed, through discs and videos, than I was.”
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“The voice collects and translates your bad physical health, your emotional worries, your personal troubles.”
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“The atmosphere of the theater is my oxygen.”
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“Every three days on average, I am alone on stage, facing the public.”
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“But enough joking. I am singing. This is all my life.”
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“Let us be clear: I take ten times more money for a concert than for an opera performance.”
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“It is strange, but nobody is shocked when pop singers make a fortune in the space of two years.”
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“I was married at 16, a father at 17 and divorced at 18.”
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“I feel like a little boy who is constantly offered new toys.”
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“I attended less than two years of Conservatory in Mexico City.”
-- Placido Domingo
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