Pavarotti, My World
A source page for quotes linked to Luciano Pavarotti.
“Horse riding is a perfect comparison with singing.You must know where the double fences are.”
“Learning music by reading about it is like making love by mail.”
“Am I afraid of high notes? Of course I am afraid. What sane man is not?”
“Why should be elite, music? Excuse me. Music must be for everybody.”
“Music making is the most joyful activity possible, the most perfect expression of any emotion.”
“People think I'm disciplined. It is not discipline. It is devotion. There is a great difference.”
“It is a very honest world, our work. I think you cannot fake anything.”
“I want to reach as many people as possible with the message of music, of wonderful opera.”
“I'm a perfectionist, and I always think that I can do better what I have done, even if it's good.”
“Nothing that has happened has made me feel gloomy or remain depressed. I love my life.”
“I think a life in music is a life beautifully spent, and this is what I have devoted my life to.”
“Above all, I am an opera singer. This is how people will remember me.”
“Children should be given the chance to play instruments, to sing.”
“It is so important for people at a young age to be invited to embrace classical music and opera.”
“Sometime to be called Pavarotti is not always an advantage.”
“The music itself could never take the place of my own passion in life.”
“Some singers want the audience to love them. I love the audience.”
“I think Beijing deserves the Olympics in order to be with all the rest of the world recognized.”
“On the day I'm performing, I don't hear anything anyone says to me.”
“The reason fat people are happy is that the nerves are well protected.”