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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.Collection: Andrea
What is certain is that singing is not merely modulating a song by means of the voice: we sing and we celebrate the beauty that we can grow and live every day. If you want to sing and give emotions to those who are listening, you must have something to tell through your singing; you have to use singing like an instrument to tell something.Collection: Andrea
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.Collection: Andrea
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.Collection: Andrea
In singing, you cannot 'cheat' if you want to give emotions to those who are listening. You must have something to tell.Collection: Andrea
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.Collection: Andrea
Singing provides a true sense of lightheartedness. If I sing when I am alone, I feel wonderful. It's freedom.Collection: Andrea
More people are listening to opera, and I'm happy - everybody must be given that opportunity.Collection: Andrea
When a little more than a teenager, I was a piano-bar pianist in the land where I was born and raised, Tuscany.Collection: Andrea
For me, the most enjoyable type of singing is opera. It allows you to move, to wear a costume... to do something with your body. When singing in concert, you have to stand up in front of the audience, next to the conductor, which is less natural.Collection: Andrea
I'm most impressed by the Russian writers, so I love reading the works of Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky. Another author who has informed the way I think is the French philosopher, Blaise Pascal.Collection: Andrea
You can be great only if it is your destiny.Collection: Andrea
It's very important for me to try to relax when I'm travelling, and playing my flute helps me to unwind.Collection: Andrea
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.Collection: Andrea
My idol has been Franco Corelli. But every singer can teach you something.Collection: Andrea
I'm quite shy, so I hate seeing my private life splashed over the papers.Collection: Andrea
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.Collection: Andrea
You have to have great passion, because to sing operatic music requires lots of work. I study for at least two hours every day. The voice is like an instrument and requires constant exercise.Collection: Andrea
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.Collection: Andrea
The voice is something very mysterious. It's difficult to say what is inside a voice that moves people.Collection: Andrea
I have always felt an excellent rapport ever since my very first concert in Britain at Hampton Court. I have always felt understood. The British understand opera very well.Collection: Andrea
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.Collection: Andrea
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.Collection: Andrea
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.Collection: Andrea
The world is full of many beautiful voices; I will perform with many of them. I love women's voices.Collection: Andrea
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.Collection: Andrea
When I hear that young people have come to the theater for the first time to listen to opera, I'm very happy. Because it's the same thing that happened to me as a child. When I first heard the tenor voice, I immediately fell in love with this kind of music.Collection: Andrea
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.Collection: Andrea
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.Collection: Andrea
I am a very lazy man, so, for me, the dream is to be at home on the chair with my family.Collection: Andrea
In essence, I set myself the objective of doing what I feel is right without having any ambition.Collection: Andrea
Now I'm more sure and I feel myself more comfortable singing.Collection: Andrea
It is the uninvolved parent who has to resort to strictness.Collection: Andrea
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.Collection: Andrea
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.Collection: Andrea
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.Collection: Andrea
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.Collection: Andrea
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.Collection: Andrea
Living is dangerous. The important thing is to know the limits.Collection: Andrea
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.Collection: Andrea
When I began singing, it was the first time I was happy in my life. As a baby, I would stop crying when I heard a great singer.Collection: Andrea
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.Collection: Andrea
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.Collection: Andrea
I like reading... French, Russian classics - Gogol, Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, Flaubert. I also like Hemingway, Virginia Woolf.Collection: Andrea
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.Collection: Andrea
The voice changes very slowly. I keep mine well under control and try with all my might to keep it exactly as it was at the very beginning.Collection: Andrea
Destiny has a lot to do with it, but so do you. You have to persevere, you have to insist.Collection: Andrea
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.Collection: Andrea
I try to find some time for my horses. 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.Collection: Andrea
People are often quite surprised by the sport and leisure activities practised by the blind. For example, tandem cycling is very popular.Collection: Andrea