Andrea Bocelli quotes

Andrea Bocelli is an Italian tenor and multi-instrumentalist recognized for his powerful and emotive voice. His blend of opera and popular music has earned him international acclaim and millions of devoted fans. He has inspired audiences worldwide with his remarkable performances and contributions to both classical and contemporary music. Here are 127 of his quotes:

A voice is very intimate. It's something of your own. So there's always this fear, because you feel naked. There's a fear of not reaching up to expectations. As you become more famous, people come and expect to hear something extraordinary, so you don't want to disappoint them. I feel this sense of responsibility.

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I like to windsurf and ski, and most of all I love to ride horses. The wilder and faster the better! If I'm presented with a fast horse or a fast boat, I still get that shiver of excitement and I cannot resist. Luckily I never seem to have any accidents, and thank God for that.

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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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My life experience has taught me nothing happens by chance. Even the idea of the ball in a roulette game: it's not chance it ends up in a certain place. It's forces that are at play.

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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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Music is able to make a person dream. When you dream, you dream of something good, something beautiful, and when you dream, you always dream of yourself better than you are.

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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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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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I do not think anyone can ever do anything without the help and will of God.

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I want to have time for myself, my family and my friends. It's important because in order to sing well, you must have inspiration, and inspiration comes from life, from living.

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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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Success is related to faith. Faith comes first.

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

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The nature of music is mysterious and so much so that it generates strong emotions within us. It moves along passages that reach the most intimate areas of our psyche without being tried by prejudices or influences of any kind.

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When I was very young, I started trying to sing like the great tenor Mario Lanza; my family used to play his records. We all learn best by imitating others.

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I speak to God every day.

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In essence, I set myself the objective of doing what I feel is right without having any ambition.

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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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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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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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Even in the most beautiful music there are some silences, which are there so we can witness the importance of silence.

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I have a European frame of mind and Europe is my home.

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