'Passione' is a selection of the music moments that have accompanied my youth; a collection of cherished memories, of moments, of fleeting… — Andrea Bocelli Cherished memories Copy Share Image
When I began singing, it was the first time I was happy in my life. As a baby, I would stop crying… — Andrea Bocelli Baby Copy Share Image
I don't have an extraordinary degree of self-confidence, but I know the gift I have been given from God, and I try… — Andrea Bocelli Copy Share Image
Opera singing is in every way of inestimable value; a real heritage for all mankind that has been reached over centuries of… — Andrea Bocelli Copy Share Image
People are often quite surprised by the sport and leisure activities practised by the blind. For example, tandem cycling is very popular. — Andrea Bocelli Blind Copy Share Image
I began when I was a child, because I was born and grew up in a little village. And many people ride… — Andrea Bocelli Copy Share Image
Stage fright is my worst problem. A voice is very intimate. It's something of your own. So there's always this fear, because… — Andrea Bocelli Copy Share Image
A positive frame of mind will definitely enhance your travelling experience. If I'm not in a positive frame of mind then the… — Andrea Bocelli Challenges Copy Share Image
To be happy when you are travelling, you need to be happy inside before you leave. A positive frame of mind will… — Andrea Bocelli Copy Share Image
When you sing opera you are very far from the people, you are onstage, and between you and the people there is… — Andrea Bocelli Emotion Copy Share Image
When you're on stage singing, you're naked. Your voice is something very intimate, and that's why I'm scared every time before I… — Andrea Bocelli Copy Share Image
Music is a prerogative of those who are willing to spend time to study it, understand and love it, well aware of… — Andrea Bocelli Copy Share Image
If you could have the arms of Hercules, legs as swift as the wind. If you could leap shoulder high above the… — Andrea Bocelli Copy Share Image
I first started playing in piano bars for three reasons - to make money, to be in the company of my friends… — Andrea Bocelli Copy Share Image
Popularity gets up people's noses. But I understand the importance and the function of popular music. There is an artistic purpose. Popular… — Andrea Bocelli Artistic Copy Share Image
Apart from a period of crisis during my adolescence, when my voice was changing and I could not tame it - it… — Andrea Bocelli Adolescence Copy Share Image
The voice changes very slowly. I keep mine well under control and try with all my might to keep it exactly as… — Andrea Bocelli Beginning Copy Share Image
I have to face life with a newly found passion. I must rediscover the irresistible will to learn, to live and to… — Andrea Bocelli Copy Share Image
I don't like crying. I'm a country boy, and we're the product of our upbringing. As a boy, I was told that… — Andrea Bocelli Boys Copy Share Image
I'm a country boy, and we're the product of our upbringing. As a boy, I was told that men don't cry. — Andrea Bocelli Copy Share Image
It's important for me who is at the table with me; the moment when everyone speaks to each other and everyone listens.… — Andrea Bocelli Copy Share Image
I started as a lyrical singer. But it was through the pop universe that I reached international fame. — Andrea Bocelli Fame Copy Share Image
I loved playing football. In this particular match the ball happened to hit my right eye, the only one which I could… — Andrea Bocelli Copy Share Image
Often, I went in love with some friends in school. And, no, I suffered. Only later, things went better. — Andrea Bocelli Friendship Copy Share Image
Singing provides a true sense of lightheartedness. If I sing when I am alone, I feel wonderful. It's freedom. — Andrea Bocelli Alone Copy Share Image
Very often, I recognize many, many defects, so I try to improve myself every day. I think my voice is very communicative. — Andrea Bocelli Day Copy Share Image
The most widely criticised singers in the history of opera, Maria Callas and Franco Corelli, happen also to be the best singers.… — Andrea Bocelli Being the best Copy Share Image
Because, in opera, I have to sing for people that are very far from me, instead of, when I sing a song,… — Andrea Bocelli Children Copy Share Image
My real passion is for opera. It was born and developed by listening to records, and my dream as a child was… — Andrea Bocelli Copy Share Image
I'm most impressed by the Russian writers, so I love reading the works of Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky. Another author who has informed… — Andrea Bocelli Books Copy Share Image
I like reading... French, Russian classics - Gogol, Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, Flaubert. I also like Hemingway, Virginia Woolf. — Andrea Bocelli Copy Share Image
Faith has a role to play in life. It is not related to success. It is the other way round. Success is… — Andrea Bocelli Faith Copy Share Image
The themes I sing about tend to be centered on love, but in the most total, general way 360 degrees of love. — Andrea Bocelli Copy Share Image
It's very important for me to try to relax when I'm travelling, and playing my flute helps me to unwind. — Andrea Bocelli Flute Copy Share Image
People wonder if there is a relationship between my lack of sight and the way I sing. But there's no connection. — Andrea Bocelli Copy Share Image
I have had the good fortune of being able to sing with many of the finest voices in the world, and for… — Andrea Bocelli Copy Share Image
I have always tried to perform the music I love, and I think I am lucky because my preferences are often the… — Andrea Bocelli Copy Share Image
You have to have great passion, because to sing operatic music requires lots of work. I study for at least two hours… — Andrea Bocelli Copy Share Image
I've always been on the side of science that tries to help man. I play an active part with the foundations I'm… — Andrea Bocelli Copy Share Image
The feeling of an evolution is a constant for every artist who is pursuing the search of refinement and enlargement of his/her… — Andrea Bocelli Art Copy Share Image
