Luciano Pavarotti Quotes

It is not always a matter of wild ovations and legendary performances. Sometimes you are just happy to get through an opera without trouble.

I'm a perfectionist, and I always think that I can do better what I have done, even if it's good.

If I go three days without vocalizing, the voice is gone.

Am I afraid of high notes? Of course I am afraid. What sane man is not?

I am a very simple person. In spite of all that has happened to me, I have tried to remain the simple person I started out.

For me, music making is the most joyful activity possible, the most perfect expression of any emotion.

There is no prodigy in our profession. If you see all the great singer of the past, none of them are.

I think an important quality that I have is that if you turn on the radio and hear somebody sing, you know it's me. You don't confuse my voice with another voice.

I received a beautiful welcome to the world of music. I want to give something back to the younger generation.

I am open to everything.

If you see me once, you cannot confuse me with another.

It is a very honest world, our work. I think you cannot fake anything.

Opera is a beautiful and important diversion for me.

You don't need any brains to listen to music.

If your body is not in shape to sing [from the diaphragm] you will push and push but keep falling back on your throat to make the sound. This will ruin your voice.

The better voice doesn't mean being a better singer.

If I could live my life over again, there is one thing I would change. I would want to be able to eat less.

I remember quite well that 10,000 audience sang with us three on the spot, and ever since then, I always thought the Chinese audience are the greatest audience.

For all three of us, the Caracalla concert was a major event in our lives. I hope I am not immodest to think it was also unforgettable for most of the people who were present.

Some singers want the audience to love them. I love the audience.

He wants only to rest and to have a little peace.

Nothing that has happened has made me feel gloomy or remain depressed. I love my life.

It is so important for people at a young age to be invited to embrace classical music and opera.

I want to reach as many people as possible with the message of music, of wonderful opera.

Sometime to be called Pavarotti is not always an advantage.

Learning music by reading about it is like making love by mail.

I think a life in music is a life beautifully spent, and this is what I have devoted my life to.

I want to be famous everywhere.

I think Beijing deserves the Olympics in order to be with all the rest of the world recognized,

I am a tenor buff. I hear myself.

If children are not introduced to music at an early age, I believe something fundamental is actually being taken from them.

I am a very superstitious person.

Above all, I am an opera singer. This is how people will remember me.

Why should be elite, music? Excuse me. Music must be for everybody.

People think I'm disciplined. It is not discipline. It is devotion. There is a great difference.