Quotes by Andrea Bocelli

About Andrea Bocelli:

Andrea Bocelli is an Italian classical tenor, recording artist and singer-songwriter. Born with poor eyesight, he became blind at the age of 12 following an association football (soccer) accident.
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I like reading... French, Russian classics - Gogol, Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, Flaubert. I also like Hemingway, Virginia Woolf.

Andrea Bocelli

It is the uninvolved parent who has to resort to strictness.

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Some years ago I gave a concert in the mountains with snow all around, and that was much colder.

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The activity of a singer that sings opera is similar to that of an athlete.

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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.

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In singing, you cannot 'cheat' if you want to give emotions to those who are listening. You must have something to tell.

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My style in Italian is very old-style.

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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.

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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.

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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 me...

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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.

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Now I'm more sure and I feel myself more comfortable singing.

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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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I have big, big stage fright.

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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 started as a lyrical singer. But it was through the pop universe that I reached international fame.

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It's true that I suffered a lot, especially when I was younger.

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When a little more than a teenager, I was a piano-bar pianist in the land where I was born and raised, Tuscany.

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Very often, I recognize many, many defects, so I try to improve myself every day. I think my voice is very communicative.

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More people are listening to opera, and I'm happy - everybody must be given that opportunity.

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Living is dangerous. The important thing is to know the limits.

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Author Bio

  • NameAndrea Bocelli
  • DescriptionItalian tenor and singer-songwriter
  • BornSeptember 22, 1958
  • CountryItaly
  • ProfessionMusician; Opera Singer; Singer; Saxophonist; Composer
  • WorksAndrea
  • AwardsOrder Of Merit Of Duarte, Sanchez And Mella