Andrea Bocelli

I prefer to work for my country in a free and independent way. I was born free, and I want to die…

— Andrea Bocelli

I like very much to ride horses. I like soccer, I have had a passion for boxing since I was a child,…

— Andrea Bocelli

I first started playing in piano bars for three reasons - to make money, to be in the company of my friends…

— Andrea Bocelli

I have to face life with a newly found passion. I must rediscover the irresistible will to learn, to live and to…

— Andrea Bocelli

Because I practice often with my children at home.

— Andrea Bocelli

More people are listening to opera, and I'm happy - everybody must be given that opportunity.

— Andrea Bocelli

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

Living is dangerous. The important thing is to know the limits.

— Andrea Bocelli

When I hear that young people have come to the theater for the first time to listen to opera, I'm very happy.…

— Andrea Bocelli

When I sing, I think mostly about the music. But I know that, through singing, my body shows everything that I am.…

— Andrea Bocelli

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

Opera singing is in every way of inestimable value; a real heritage for all mankind that has been reached over centuries of…

— Andrea Bocelli

Very often, I recognize many, many defects, so I try to improve myself every day. I think my voice is very communicative.

— Andrea Bocelli

In singing, you cannot 'cheat' if you want to give emotions to those who are listening. You must have something to tell.

— Andrea Bocelli

I have had the good fortune of being able to sing with many of the finest voices in the world, and for…

— Andrea Bocelli

I have always tried to perform the music I love, and I think I am lucky because my preferences are often the…

— Andrea Bocelli

The most widely criticised singers in the history of opera, Maria Callas and Franco Corelli, happen also to be the best singers.…

— Andrea Bocelli

Music is an art that goes well beyond science. Proof can be found in the huge amount of studies that have been…

— Andrea Bocelli

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

I have always felt an excellent rapport ever since my very first concert in Britain at Hampton Court. I have always felt…

— Andrea Bocelli

In my iPod, there are many operas, from A to Z. I have 'Aida' and 'Boheme' and 'Butterfly' and 'Cavalleria'. My passion…

— Andrea Bocelli

The voice changes very slowly. I keep mine well under control and try with all my might to keep it exactly as…

— Andrea Bocelli

What is beautiful enchants me. I mean not just physical beauty but a wider concept of beauty. There is beauty in poetry…

— Andrea Bocelli

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

Music is able to make a person dream. When you dream, you dream of something good, something beautiful, and when you dream,…

— Andrea Bocelli