Andrea Bocelli Quotes - Page 2

Italian - Musician Born: September 22, 1958

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. Andrea Bocelli

Life, Experience, Game, Me, Chance, Play

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

Time, Queen, King, Singing, Enough, You

I first started playing in piano bars for three reasons - to make money, to be in the company of my friends - and also to hook up with young girls. I always knew, even before I played in piano bars, about the effect of my voice. Andrea Bocelli

Money, Voice, Friends, Young, Three, Up

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

People, Blind, Leisure, Example, Cycling

'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. Andrea Bocelli

Music, Memories, Youth, Moments, Nights

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. Andrea Bocelli

History, Time, Me, Free, Country, Places

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

You, Teach, Something, Singer, Idol

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

Value, Beginning, Colleagues, Singing

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. Andrea Bocelli

Men, Boy, Cry, Country, Product, Like

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

Beauty, Beautiful, Great, Poetry, Me

I don't have an extraordinary degree of self-confidence, but I know the gift I have been given from God and I try to share it with as many people as possible. Having a great voice is not a merit. I don't think it is a merit. Andrea Bocelli

Great, God, People, Gift, Voice, Think

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. Andrea Bocelli

Mother, Beautiful, Time, Experience

I love eating shabu-shabu in Japan - a kind of beef hotpot. But if you're talking about authentic, traditional food, then Italian cooking is one of the best in the world. Andrea Bocelli

Love, Cooking, Food, Best, World, Eating

I'm quite shy, so I hate seeing my private life splashed over the papers. Andrea Bocelli

Life, Hate, Seeing, Shy, Private Life

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

Love, Great, Effort, Talent, Sacrifice

Criticism in good faith is good. When it's targeted solely to destruction, I'm not interested. Andrea Bocelli

Good, Faith, Criticism, Destruction

I am a very lazy man, so, for me, the dream is to be at home on the chair with my family. Andrea Bocelli

Family, Home, Man, I Am, Me, Chair

You have to have great passion, because to sing operatic music requires lots of work. I study for at least two hours every day. The voice is like an instrument and requires constant exercise. Andrea Bocelli

Work, Music, Passion, Great, Day, Voice

To sing a song is like whispering to a child's ear. It is an art heavily relying on improvisation. Andrea Bocelli

Art, Child, Song, Improvisation, Like

Music is an art that goes well beyond science. Proof can be found in the huge amount of studies that have been carried out throughout the world based on music-therapy and the important results achieved. Andrea Bocelli

Music, Science, Art, World, Results, Out

To sing opera, one needs two things: the voice and the passion - and above all, the passion. Andrea Bocelli

Passion, Voice, Two, Opera, Things, Sing

It's always beautiful to sing with other great voices. I like voices in general. It's a big privilege to have great singers next to me. Andrea Bocelli

Beautiful, Great, Me, Privilege, Big

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. Andrea Bocelli

Life, Relationship, I Am, People, Blind

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. Andrea Bocelli

Car, Passion, Butterfly, Listen, Opera

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

Beauty, Live, Day, Celebrate, Listening

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. Andrea Bocelli

Nature, Music, Strong, Reach, Emotions

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