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. Luciano Pavarotti More Quotes by Luciano Pavarotti More Quotes From Luciano Pavarotti People have a right to criticize. Luciano Pavarotti criticize people Children should be given the chance to play instruments, to sing. Luciano Pavarotti chance play children Opera is a beautiful and important diversion for me. Luciano Pavarotti opera important beautiful I was an elementary school teacher. Luciano Pavarotti elementary-school teacher school I think Beijing deserves the Olympics in order to be with all the rest of the world recognized. Luciano Pavarotti order world thinking Sometime to be called Pavarotti is not always an advantage. Luciano Pavarotti pavarotti advantage There is no prodigy in our profession. If you see all the great singer of the past, none of them are. Luciano Pavarotti prodigies singers past I am a tenor buff. I hear myself. Luciano Pavarotti tenors 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. Luciano Pavarotti singing voice fall If I go three days without vocalizing, the voice is gone. Luciano Pavarotti voice three practice On the day I'm performing, I don't hear anything anyone says to me. Luciano Pavarotti performing focus For me, music making is the most joyful activity possible, the most perfect expression of any emotion. Luciano Pavarotti me music emotion perfect He wants only to rest and to have a little peace. Luciano Pavarotti rest only he peace