A biography for Jose Carrerashasn’t been written yet.
“I am always living very good moments.”
“It is important to be passionate, but it is also important to combine the heart and the head. I have made mistakes in both my private and professional lives.”
“In recitals, you are naked before the audience - well, naked with your jacket and tails. The audience sees and hears the real person, not some role you are interpreting.”
“I love good food but I follow strict rules the days I perform.”
“I can't see why we can't toss in a Junior Walker or Wilson Pickett number in every once in a while.”
“Your real feelings are inside you.”
“In certain professions, you can love your profession; you can do it in a very professional way and do it wonderfully, but you do not have this possibility to communicate with others - I express myself singing, and I think this is a real luxury.”
“Italians have no sense of the dramatic.”
“I'm a very fortunate man. I have in life everything I could dream of.”
“What originates everything are the emotions, the feelings, what we call soul. Then the brain commands these feelings to the voice. The voice is just the vehicle; it's the very last step in the chain.”
“When you arrive at a certain level it's very easy to say yes: that is the moment to learn to say no.”
“I have thrown chairs, but only during football matches. Generally, I am well-behaved. I do not like to make people angry.”
“Americans, they have an incredible operatic tradition: the Metropolitan Opera House is - if not the most prestigious - one of the most prestigious opera houses in the world for over 100 years.”
“At first we got along real well. Now... it's pretty much just a professional relationship.”
“I have a wonderful shelter, which is my family. I have a wonderful relationship with my brother and sister; this makes me feel that I know always where I belong.”
“I am extraordinarily lucky, I was born in a family of strong moral values, and in my life I was able to do what I liked best: debuts, great theatres, but above all, inner and deep satisfaction.”
“I carry on singing because I love it. The closer you are to the end, the more you understand how important it is.”
“If I can do concert recitals, adapting the repertoire to my needs, then no problem, that's good enough. But with operas, unless the right circumstances come up, my career is done.”