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첫 부인 때는 너무 어려서 임신 때문에 결혼을 했다. 헤어졌다 재결합해 바로 아이가 생겼지만 결국 이혼했다.
언론이 아니었다면 이혼까지는 하지 않았을텐데, 언론에 희생이 됐다. 서로 붙여준 것도 갈라준 것도 언론이다. 반박을 한 적이 없어 한때 얼마나 욕을 먹었는지 모르지만 세월이 흐르니 괜찮아 지더라.
같이 일을 하다 순간 불꽃이 튀어 외로운 상태에서 쉽게 결혼했다.
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There is no prodigy in our profession. If you see all the great singer of the past, none of them are.
The surprise person who come out for me was Kofi Annan. I cannot ask more than that.
The sound of the voice, and how you use the voice, the phrasing. The intonation, the musicality. That is why I did have success and my father didn’t.
The rivalry is with ourself. I try to be better than is possible. I fight against myself, not against the other.
The record company is investing money. And I think it should be remunerated.
The music itself could never take the place of my own passion in life.
The Met of New York, I make so many things there. Milano opera house. There is Vienna, Paris, many opera houses around the world.
The first night I was so scared of the conductor. I did not know if I were able to go with the orchestra, remember all the words, all the action.
The better voice doesn’t mean being a better singer.
The applause are telling me that I did well. I have a kick, like you say.
Sometime to be called Pavarotti is not always an advantage.
People have a right to criticize.
Opera is one of the most important art forms. It should be listened to and appreciated by everyone.
Opera is a beautiful and important diversion for me.
My father was almost 90, and my mother was 87. I was a very good son.
My father took the drive license at the age of 60. I force him, I dress him, I go inside the little machine, take a picture, go to the mayor.
My father is a tenor, and my mother is a very sensitive lady, very sensible. They gave me both their quality.
My father died last year, unfortunately, with a tenor voice, and he was singing beautifully until the last day of his life.
Many theaters put the translation, simultaneous translation. And they understand everything.
It’s better to have a good acoustic, so you use all the color of your voice.
It was something completely new, jumping like that, without any try before. We rehearse a month.
It is so important for people at a young age to be invited to embrace classical music and opera.
It is a very honest world, our work. I think you cannot fake anything.
It is a great honor for me to be able to take the music of the tenor to a great number of people.
In the studio, you have two or three tracks, and then when you put together, it is not good enough, you will go over it and you try to do better.
In our profession, when a tenor is decent, everybody knows in the world.
In our profession, the voice is really around 18, 20, and it can improve even more.
If you want to do something really bad to me, you invite at your home, and put one record of mine. And my digestion will be finished before begin.
If you see me once, you cannot confuse me with another.
If you are gifted from God, He give you the gift of the voice, and even the intelligence to drive it.
If they boo me because I sing bad, they will do it.
If is an old piece, I go to hear a tenor, then were there before me, and immediately understand if I can do.
If children are not introduced to music at an early age, I believe something fundamental is actually being taken from them.
I’m living in Modena, my city where I was born.
I’m a perfectionist, and I always think that I can do better what I have done, even if it’s good.
I would like to raise money for the kids from the world. To do that, the only way, it was to call pop singer. If you call pop singer, you can sell the ticket.
I was suffering myself. Probably my wife suffer more, but I don’t think so. I suffer a lot.
I was an elementary school teacher.
I want to reach as many people as possible with the message of music, of wonderful opera.
I want to be famous everywhere.
I travel a lot, of course. A lot of time in the hotel, a lot of time on the plane.
I smoke cigar in the summertime. Probably in three months, 10 cigar.
I might just have introduced some people to this music!
I made 12 duets. It was such a pleasure to know these people from the inside, not from the cover of an album.
I know one second before if is not going well. Absolutely. I feel it.
I haven’t seen the Elton John, but I have seen Rent on many occasions.
I have lost twice 85 pounds. Can you imagine? Twice.
I have a granddaughter that is older than my daughter.
I enjoy these concerts: meeting and performing with singers from completely different genres, artists who live a completely different life from that of an opera singer.
I can tell you which aria the audience like. Nessun Dorma, from Turandot.
I am proud to be a messenger of peace for the United Nations.
I am father, and I am grandfather. So there is two love.
I am open to everything.
I am a very superstitious person.
I am a tenor buff. I hear myself.
I am a fanatic of soccer. I play tennis in doubles.
Gene Kelly like to sing in the rain.
For me, music making is the most joyful activity possible, the most perfect expression of any emotion.
For an Italian, being honored in America was a big privilege.
Everything is new. Every night is new. Our profession is very exciting for that reason.
Every Italian play football. The first gift they give you when you are 3 is a ball.
Children should be given the chance to play instruments, to sing.
Australia I was with a tour with Joan Sutherland. It was very great experience.
At the age of 4. I jump on the table. I am a little tenor. And I begin to sing, La Donna e Mobile.
Americans love the sport that they play when they are a kid.
Above all, I am an opera singer. This is how people will remember me.