Luciano Pavarotti Quotes
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People think I'm disciplined. It is not discipline. It is devotion. There is a great difference.
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If children are not introduced to music at an early age, I believe something fundamental is actually being taken from them.
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Children should be given the chance to play instruments, to sing.
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In opera, as with any performing art, to be in great demand and to command high fees you must be good of course, but you must also be famous. The two are different things.
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You don't need any brains to listen to music.
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The music itself could never take the place of my own passion in life.
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People have a right to criticize.
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I am a tenor buff. I hear myself.
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The reason fat people are happy is that the nerves are well protected.
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When I'm about to train a new opera, I first listen to how Jussi Björling did it. His voice was unique and it's his path that I want to follow. I would more than anything else wish that people compared me with Jussi Björling. It's like so I'm striving to sing.
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Horse riding is a perfect comparison with singing.You must know where the double fences are.
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I think a life in music is a life beautifully spent, and this is what I have devoted my life to.
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I was an elementary school teacher.
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Above all, I am an opera singer. This is how people will remember me.
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It is not always a matter of wild ovations and legendary performances. Sometimes you are just happy to get through an opera without trouble.
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Opera is a beautiful and important diversion for me.
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I received a beautiful welcome to the world of music. I want to give something back to the younger generation.
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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.
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The better voice doesn't mean being a better singer.
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If you know why you fall in love, you aren't in love
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I am a very superstitious person.
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I think Beijing deserves the Olympics in order to be with all the rest of the world recognized.
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If I could live my life over again, there is one thing I would change. I would want to be able to eat less.
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Some singers want the audience to love them. I love the audience.
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Learning music by reading about it is like making love by mail.
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You never know what little bundle of encouragements artists carry around with them, what little pats on the back from what hands, what newspaper clipping, what word of hope from what teacher. I suppose the so-called faith in ourselves is the foundation of our talent, but I am sure these encouragements are the mortar that holds it together.
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I'm not a politician, I'm a musician. I care about giving people a place where they can go to enjoy themselves and to begin to live again. To the man you have to give the spirit, and when you give him the spirit, you have done everything.
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It is a very honest world, our work. I think you cannot fake anything.
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If you see me once, you cannot confuse me with another.
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Sometime to be called Pavarotti is not always an advantage.
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