I have a European frame of mind and Europe is my home. Andrea Bocelli More Quotes by Andrea Bocelli More Quotes From Andrea Bocelli I consider the voice a gift from the heavens, and as all the gifts from the heavens, they must be used, but the minute that the heavens call it back then of course I will stop. Andrea Bocelli used voice heaven In singing, you cannot 'cheat' if you want to give emotions to those who are listening. You must have something to tell. Andrea Bocelli singing listening giving My life experience has taught me nothing happens by chance. Even the idea of the ball in a roulette game: it's not chance it ends up in a certain place. It's forces that are at play. Andrea Bocelli games play ideas Music is an art that goes well beyond science. Proof can be found in the huge amount of studies that have been carried out throughout the world based on music-therapy and the important results achieved. Andrea Bocelli important world art All that counts in life is intention. Andrea Bocelli intention wisdom life-is Opera is complex for those who perform it, but also for those who listen to it. It takes more time, more patience and more spirit of sacrifice. All this is well worth it because opera offers such deep sensations that they will remain in a heart for a lifetime. Andrea Bocelli opera sacrifice heart When a little more than a teenager, I was a piano-bar pianist in the land where I was born and raised, Tuscany. Andrea Bocelli piano teenager land Because I practice often with my children at home. Andrea Bocelli practice home children What is beautiful enchants me. I mean not just physical beauty but a wider concept of beauty. There is beauty in poetry and in great musical or singing performances. There is beauty everywhere if you can just see it. Andrea Bocelli beauty-everywhere beautiful mean I am a product of my native land, Tuscany, Italy. Andrea Bocelli tuscany products land When I sing, I think mostly about the music. But I know that, through singing, my body shows everything that I am. I am a very passionate man and I suffer a lot and have a lot of joy also. In my opinion, it is very important for me to find this stimulus and motivation for singing. Andrea Bocelli motivation men thinking In essence, I set myself the objective of doing what I feel is right without having any ambition. Andrea Bocelli essence ambition feels The most widely criticised singers in the history of opera, Maria Callas and Franco Corelli, happen also to be the best singers. I am honoured for being part of their group. Andrea Bocelli opera groups singers I don't have an extraordinary degree of self-confidence, but I know the gift I have been given from God and I try to share it with as many people as possible. Having a great voice is not a merit. I don't think it is a merit. Andrea Bocelli self-confidence voice thinking A career is like a house: it's made of many bricks, and each brick has the same value, because without any one of them, the house would collapse. Andrea Bocelli bricks careers house If you have a great love of singing, supported by others' fondness for your voice, then it is worth making every effort, of making every sacrifice, to achieve your goal. A great voice will easily find teachers who are willing to help a struggling young talent, and the ways of the Lord are infinite. Andrea Bocelli sacrifice struggle teacher I'm most impressed by the Russian writers, so I love reading the works of Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky. Another author who has informed the way I think is the French philosopher, Blaise Pascal. Andrea Bocelli reading way thinking Often, I went in love with some friends in school. And, no, I suffered. Only later, things went better. Andrea Bocelli friend-love school Classical music and pop are two different universes, each with its own difficulties, peculiarities, depth and artistic dignity. In Italy, I think there is a fairly clear line of demarcation, but the history of music is full of fusion. Popular and classical music have always found points of contact, of crossing, exchange, both drawing mutual profit. Andrea Bocelli different-universes two thinking I like reading... French, Russian classics - Gogol, Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, Flaubert. I also like Hemingway, Virginia Woolf. Andrea Bocelli dostoyevsky virginia reading
