I learned my profession onstage. I didn't have a musical background. I had no conservatory training. I don't play an instrument. Marcello Giordani More Quotes by Marcello Giordani More Quotes From Marcello Giordani Sicily is a blessed land. First, because of its geographic position in the Mediterranean. Second, for its history and all the different peoples who have settled there: Arabs, Greeks, Normans, the Swedes. That has made us different from others. We exaggerate, we overdo. We love Greek tragedy. We cry, we fight, sometimes for nothing. Marcello Giordani fight blessed love history God smiled on me in every sense. I was born a tenor, and you know what that means. Tenors are a rare commodity. Marcello Giordani me you born god The Italians are not indulgent, as Americans are. They don't have the patience to teach young singers how to move. They think you should learn in school. Marcello Giordani think you patience school I play piano very badly. That's my great regret. Marcello Giordani great piano regret play I try to steal something from the great singers. Of course, I don't want to imitate their sound, but I try to do a sort of compromise. Marcello Giordani try great sound want In the past, my voice was my enemy. Marcello Giordani in-the-past voice enemy past The tenor voice should be like sunshine. Marcello Giordani like sunshine voice should I quit my job in the bank when I was 19. I took a chance. I went to Milan to study opera and singing. My father really supported me economically. Marcello Giordani job me singing father When you're insecure about your technique, you close yourself off. Your shoulders tighten. The first thing, you should open your body and sing. Be happy. Sing real vowels, real Italian vowels. When you're learning a good way to sing technically, you find it's very easy to sing well. Marcello Giordani be-happy good you learning I want my wife and children to travel always with me and share good things and bad things. That's what the family is for. Marcello Giordani good me family wife
