Andrea Bocelli Quotes - Page 4

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• 'Passione' is a selection of the music moments that have accompanied my youth; a collection of cherished memories, of moments, of fleeting emotions, of sleepless nights.

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  Memories, Night, Fleeting

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• An opera singer is like an athlete before a match. An athlete cannot overdo anything. In order to perform at the highest possible level, you need to refrain from activities so as to be able to express this power.

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  Athlete, Order, Levels

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• I was a daredevil before, and after I lost my sight I was the same. I loved riding bikes, scooters and horses. I even learned to box. Muhammad Ali is my hero.

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  Horse, Hero, Sight

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• When you sing and people want that you sing, then you can hope to be great.

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  People, Want

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• I loved riding bikes and horses. I was eight when I started having lessons, and when my father bought me my own horse I couldn't wait to go off on my own.

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  Horse, Father, Eight

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• 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.

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  Heart, Choices, Racing

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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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  Horse, Thank God, Excitement

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• I like reading... French, Russian classics - Gogol, Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, Flaubert. I also like Hemingway, Virginia Woolf.

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  Reading, Virginia, Dostoyevsky

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• 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.

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  Clever, Smart, Stupid

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

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• I was overcome with happiness, love, and tenderness ... Right after he was washed, I studied him with my hands: his downy little head, his little nose, everything on the tiny body.

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  Hands, Overcoming, Noses

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• I have big, big stage fright.

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  Fear, Bigs, Stage

  Interview with Connie Chung, transcripts.cnn.com. December 25, 2002.

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• It is not Christian to go against someone. I am in favour of life.

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  Christian, Favour

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• The themes I sing about tend to be centered on love, but in the most total, general way 360 degrees of love.

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  Music, Degrees, Way

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• 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.

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  Athletic, Way, Faces

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• My idol has been Franco Corelli. But every singer can teach you something.

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  Idols, Singers, Teach

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• Let me say that I've never thought to conduct because the conductor has to think to the music before the orchestra. And the orchestra comes later. For me, it's terrible.

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  Thinking, Orchestra, Terrible

  "Domingo And Bocelli: Keeping Opera Relevant". Interview with Robert Siegel, www.npr.org. November 21, 2008.

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• 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.

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  Moving, Singing, Body

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

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• I studied to be a lawyer, and after that I did something, obviously, completely different. With change, you learn something. If you do the same thing over and over again, you never learn anything.

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  Different, Lawyer, Ifs

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• A country that has really resonated with me and I was really impressed with was Israel. I found that the whole country had a very special atmosphere. I was there to perform, but it was one of the few places that I've visited over the years that I had some free time to explore, and I was hugely impressed by all the religious history there.

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  Country, Religious, Israel

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• People are often quite surprised by the sport and leisure activities practised by the blind. For example, tandem cycling is very popular.

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  Sports, Cycling, Leisure Activities

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• 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.

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  Mistake, Passion, Sight

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• Probably the first time I left Italy was to travel by train to Lourdes. I went with my mother and my grandmother - who was a very religious person - so it was a pilgrimage of sorts. I remember it as a very intense, but beautiful experience.

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  Beautiful, Mother, Religious

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• The fact that I am blind is not what defines my life. It should be of no more interest than my blood type. People wonder if there is a relationship between my lack of sight and the way I sing. But there's no connection.

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  Blood, Sight, People

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• I don't like crying. I'm a country boy, and we're the product of our upbringing. As a boy, I was told that men don't cry.

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  Country, Boys, Men

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• In my iPod, there are many operas, from A to Z. I have 'Aida' and 'Boheme' and 'Butterfly' and 'Cavalleria'. My passion is for opera, but when I'm in the car, I listen to everything.

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  Butterfly, Passion, Ipods

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