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“To be happy when you are travelling, you need to be happy inside before you leave. A positive frame of mind will definitely enhance your travelling experience. If I'm not in a positive frame of mind then the whole thing definitely becomes more of a challenge for me.”
“I respect very much my public and also the music I perform.”
“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.”
“I've always been on the side of science that tries to help man. I play an active part with the foundations I'm involved in. Science gives hope.”
“In essence, I set myself the objective of doing what I feel is right without having any ambition.”
“All that counts in life is intention.”
“I consider the voice a gift from the heavens, and as all the gifts from the heavens, they must be used, but the minute that the heavens call it back then of course I will stop.”
“My style in Italian is very old-style.”
“I also always carry my flute. It's very important for me to try to relax when I'm travelling, and playing my flute helps me to unwind.”
“You can be great only if it is your destiny.”
“Some of us are born with a weakness for music. As a baby, music would stop whatever thought I was having. If I was worried, it would stop me worrying; if I was crying, it would stop me crying. Music was a healing thing for me.”
“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.”
“When I hear that young people have come to the theater for the first time to listen to opera, I'm very happy. Because it's the same thing that happened to me as a child. When I first heard the tenor voice, I immediately fell in love with this kind of music.”
“Stage fright is my worst problem. 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.”
“I started as a lyrical singer. But it was through the pop universe that I reached international fame.”
“I'm most impressed by the Russian writers, so I love reading the works of Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky. Another author who has informed the way I think is the French philosopher, Blaise Pascal.”
“More people are listening to opera, and I'm happy - everybody must be given that opportunity.”
“I speak to God every day.”
“Popularity gets up people's noses. But I understand the importance and the function of popular music. There is an artistic purpose. Popular music helps people to develop a curiosity and leads them towards classical music.”
“My idol has been Franco Corelli. But every singer can teach you something.”