Luciano Pavarotti

I received a beautiful welcome to the world of music. I want to give something back to the younger generation.

— Luciano Pavarotti

If you see me once, you cannot confuse me with another.

— Luciano Pavarotti

It is not always a matter of wild ovations and legendary performances. Sometimes you are just happy to get through an opera…

— Luciano Pavarotti

You don't need any brains to listen to music.

— Luciano Pavarotti

I think a life in music is a life beautifully spent, and this is what I have devoted my life to.

— Luciano Pavarotti

Am I afraid of high notes? Of course I am afraid. What sane man is not?

— Luciano Pavarotti

Opera is one of the most important art forms. It should be listened to and appreciated by everyone.

— Luciano Pavarotti

I am open to everything.

— Luciano Pavarotti

Children should be given the chance to play instruments, to sing.

— Luciano Pavarotti

It is a very honest world, our work. I think you cannot fake anything.

— Luciano Pavarotti

I want to reach as many people as possible with the message of music, of wonderful opera.

— Luciano Pavarotti

I am a tenor buff. I hear myself.

— Luciano Pavarotti

Horse riding is a perfect comparison with singing.You must know where the double fences are.

— Luciano Pavarotti

When I'm about to train a new opera, I first listen to how Jussi Björling did it. His voice was unique and…

— Luciano Pavarotti

Music making is the most joyful activity possible, the most perfect expression of any emotion.

— Luciano Pavarotti

I remember quite well that 10,000 audience sang with us three on the spot, and ever since then, I always thought the…

— Luciano Pavarotti

People have a right to criticize.

— Luciano Pavarotti

Above all, I am an opera singer. This is how people will remember me.

— Luciano Pavarotti

I'm not a politician, I'm a musician. I care about giving people a place where they can go to enjoy themselves and…

— Luciano Pavarotti

You never know what little bundle of encouragements artists carry around with them, what little pats on the back from what hands,…

— Luciano Pavarotti

I want to be famous everywhere.

— Luciano Pavarotti

There is no prodigy in our profession. If you see all the great singer of the past, none of them are.

— Luciano Pavarotti

If I go three days without vocalizing, the voice is gone.

— Luciano Pavarotti

The rivalry is with ourself. I try to be better than is possible. I fight against myself, not against the other.

— Luciano Pavarotti

I was an elementary school teacher.

— Luciano Pavarotti