Placido Domingo quotes

Plácido Domingo is a Spanish opera singer, conductor, and arts administrator, widely recognized as one of the greatest tenors of all time. His versatile voice and commanding presence have captivated audiences in major opera houses around the world. He has also held significant leadership roles in leading opera organizations and expanded his influence across diverse musical genres. Here are 40 of his quotes:

If money was my only motivation, I would organize myself differently.

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I feel like a little boy who is constantly offered new toys.

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My strength is my enthusiasm.

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But I won't deprive myself of singing opera as long as my voice follows.

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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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When facing symphonic orchestras which have played some works five thousands times, you have nothing to do.

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But enough joking. I am singing. This is all my life.

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Singing becomes a form of therapy.

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The voice collects and translates your bad physical health, your emotional worries, your personal troubles.

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When a young artist is ready, one has to bring him into the limelight.

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With my personal preparation at the piano, I can afford to hum at half voice.

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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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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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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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The public made me and then encouraged me for many years, and my future even now depends upon it.

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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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The high note is not the only thing.

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To stay at my best, I have to stop talking during the preceding day.

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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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In the last century, everybody was singing lower.

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When working with an orchestra, you never spend more than 20 minutes per recording session.

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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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