Andrea Bocelli Quotes About Singing

Quotes about: Singing

• 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.

  Andrea Bocelli

  Motivation, Men, Thinking

• 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.

  Andrea Bocelli

  Moving, Singing, Body

  "Andrea Bocelli: 'Only preparation helps my stagefright'" by Andrea Bocelli, www.theguardian.com. May 10, 2009.

• When you sing opera you are very far from the people, you are onstage, and between you and the people there is the orchestra. So you have to launch your emotions very, very far. When you sing pop, you are singing very close - the microphone is very close to your mouth. You can whisper your emotions into the microphone.

  Andrea Bocelli

  People, Singing, Mouths

  "Q&A: On new album, Bocelli celebrates the music of movies". The Associated Press Interview, wtop.com. October 30, 2015.

• 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.

  Andrea Bocelli

  Heart, Choices, Racing

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

  Andrea Bocelli

  Giving, Listening, Singing

• If you have a great love of singing, supported by others' fondness for your voice, then it is worth making every effort, of making every sacrifice, to achieve your goal. A great voice will easily find teachers who are willing to help a struggling young talent, and the ways of the Lord are infinite.

  Andrea Bocelli

  Teacher, Struggle, Sacrifice

• When you're on stage singing, you're naked. Your voice is something very intimate, and that's why I'm scared every time before I perform. It doesn't matter if I'm singing for a king or a queen or the Pope, it's enough to be in front of anybody. I suffer, but I can't do anything about it.

  Andrea Bocelli

  Kings, Queens, Voice

  "This much I know: Andrea Bocelli" by Tim Lewis, www.theguardian.com. October 27, 2012.

• 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 meaning of opera singing, at the beginning of the third millennium, remain intact.

  Andrea Bocelli

  Teacher, Singing, Opera

  "Opera Star Andrea Bocelli On Finishing His Master’s And His ‘Passion For Life’". Interview with Kia Makarechi, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 3, 2013.

• 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.

  Andrea Bocelli

  Song, Mean, Voice

  "Opera Star Andrea Bocelli On Finishing His Master’s And His ‘Passion For Life’". Interview with Kia Makarechi, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 3, 2013.

• Listen to what others tell you about your voice. If you're only singing to please yourself, you might as well just sing under the shower. But if you're singing for others, you are reliant on them to ask you to sing.

  Andrea Bocelli

  Voice, Singing, Might

  "Portrait of the artist: Andrea Bocelli, tenor". Interview with Laura Barnett, www.theguardian.com. November 22, 2010.

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

  Andrea Bocelli

  Sight, Singing, Feels

• 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.

  Andrea Bocelli

  Real, Singing, Opera

  "Opera Star Andrea Bocelli On Finishing His Master’s And His ‘Passion For Life’". Interview with Kia Makarechi, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 3, 2013.

• Singing provides a true sense of lightheartedness. If I sing when I am alone, I feel wonderful. It's freedom.

  Andrea Bocelli

  Singing, Wonderful, Feels

  "Andrea Bocelli: 'Only preparation helps my stagefright'". www.theguardian.com. May 10, 2009.

• What is beautiful enchants me. I mean not just physical beauty but a wider concept of beauty. There is beauty in poetry and in great musical or singing performances. There is beauty everywhere if you can just see it.

  Andrea Bocelli

  Beautiful, Mean, Beauty Everywhere

• 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.

  Andrea Bocelli

  Baby, Singing, Singers

• facebook
• twitter
• googleplus
• email
• linkedin

• facebook
• twitter
• googleplus
• email
• linkedin