Opera is complex for those who perform it, but also for those who listen to it. It takes more time, more patience and more spirit of sacrifice. All this is well worth it because opera offers such deep sensations that they will remain in a heart for a lifetime.
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.
I have always felt an excellent rapport ever since my very first concert in Britain at Hampton Court. I have always felt understood. The British understand opera very well.
I am not only fighting against something, I am fighting for something – and I am for life.
I have had the good fortune of being able to sing with many of the finest voices in the world, and for someone who loves voices as I do, this is an enormous privilege.
To sing a duet together means sharing with someone both the pleasure and the responsibility of making music for an audience which is there to feel enjoyment through music.
When you sing and people want that you sing, then you can hope to be great.
Living is dangerous. The important thing is to know the limits.
The voice changes very slowly. I keep mine well under control and try with all my might to keep it exactly as it was at the very beginning.
In singing, you cannot ‘cheat’ if you want to give emotions to those who are listening. You must have something to tell.
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.
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.
I live for my children, so my number one rule is I won’t go away from home for more than two weeks.
Very often, I recognize many, many defects, so I try to improve myself every day. I think my voice is very communicative.
I’ve always known that I was born to sing, ever since I was a child.
It is not Christian to go against someone. I am in favour of life.
I am a product of my native land, Tuscany, Italy.
I think I don’t want to use drugs or medicine, so nothing. The only way is to go on stage and to hope.
While they are kids, my children must do as I say.
Every audience has its character; I like America – they love me. I suffer from stage fright, but in America not so much.