49+ Andrea Bocelli Quotes On Friendship, Music And Pbs Tonight

Andrea Bocelli is an Italian singer, songwriter, and record producer. He has recorded both pop and classical albums and has had success across multiple genres, selling over 80 million records worldwide. He is known for his powerful tenor voice and is one of the most successful classical crossover artists of all time. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Andrea Bocelli on love, life, friendship.

Top 10 Andrea Bocelli Quotes

1. All that counts in life is intention.
2. To sing a duet together means sharing with someone both the pleasure and the responsibility of making music for an audience which is there to feel enjoyment through music.
3. When I was very young, I started trying to sing like the great tenor Mario Lanza; my family used to play his records. We all learn best by imitating others.
4. I am a product of my native land, Tuscany, Italy.
5. Because, in opera, I have to sing for people that are very far from me, instead of, when I sing a song, I try to imagine to sing like in an ear of a child.
6. I have big, big stage fright.
7. You have to have great passion, because to sing operatic music requires lots of work. I study for at least two hours every day. The voice is like an instrument and requires constant exercise.
8. Music is able to make a person dream. When you dream, you dream of something good, something beautiful, and when you dream, you always dream of yourself better than you are.
9. I have always felt an excellent rapport ever since my very first concert in Britain at Hampton Court. I have always felt understood. The British understand opera very well.
10. The voice is something very mysterious. It's difficult to say what is inside a voice that moves people.

Andrea Bocelli Short Quotes

• While they are kids, my children must do as I say.
• Stage fright is my worst problem.
• Living is dangerous. The important thing is to know the limits.
• When you sing and people want that you sing, then you can hope to be great.
• Like stars across the sky, we were born to shine.
• I never think about gifts. It's enough to have my family present.
• I speak to God every day.

Andrea Bocelli Quotes About Love

When I hear that young people have come to the theater for the first time to listen to opera, I'm very happy. Because it's the same thing that happened to me as a child. When I first heard the tenor voice, I immediately fell in love with this kind of music. — Andrea Bocelli

I have had the good fortune of being able to sing with many of the finest voices in the world, and for someone who loves voices as I do, this is an enormous privilege. — Andrea Bocelli

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

I have always tried to perform the music I love, and I think I am lucky because my preferences are often the ones of the public. — Andrea Bocelli

If you don't have the possibility of listening to music, you can't know if you love it. — Andrea Bocelli

The themes I sing about tend to be centered on love, but in the most total, general way 360 degrees of love. — Andrea Bocelli

I was overcome with happiness, love, and tenderness ... Right after he was washed, I studied him with my hands: his downy little head, his little nose, everything on the tiny body. — Andrea Bocelli

The world is full of many beautiful voices; I will perform with many of them. I love women's voices. — Andrea Bocelli

Andrea Bocelli Quotes About Life

Even in the most beautiful music, there are some silences, which are there so we can witness the importance of silence. Silence is more important than ever, as life today is full of noise. We speak a lot about environmental pollution but not enough about noise pollution. — Andrea Bocelli

I studied law, and I was ready to be a lawyer in my country (Italy). Probably it is better for many clients that I changed my direction! But I was happy to study and I was a good student, I finished my studies. And everything that you learn is useful in life. — Andrea Bocelli

I want to have time for myself, my family and my friends. It's important because in order to sing well, you must have inspiration, and inspiration comes from life, from living. — Andrea Bocelli

I am not only fighting against something, I am fighting for something - and I am for life. — Andrea Bocelli

Andrea Bocelli Quotes About Music

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

Some of us are born with a weakness for music. As a baby, music would stop whatever thought I was having. If I was worried, it would stop me worrying; if I was crying, it would stop me crying. Music was a healing thing for me. — Andrea Bocelli

I respect very much my public and also the music I perform. — Andrea Bocelli

Andrea Bocelli Famous Quotes And Sayings

I don't know if One Direction will stand the test of time. I have a niece who goes crazy for them. But the only way to judge art is to wait and see if it becomes evergreen. This takes a bit of time. Adele is a very good musician and I'd like to sing with her. But, again, time will tell if her music will become evergreen. — 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 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

If you could have the arms of Hercules, legs as swift as the wind. If you could leap shoulder high above the rim, have the kick of a dolphin, the reflexes of a cat. If you could have all these, you would have the body, you would have the tools. But you would not have greatness until you understand that the strongest muscle is the heart. To me, that's the soul of the Olympic Games. — 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 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

I started as a lyrical singer. But it was through the pop universe that I reached international fame. — Andrea Bocelli

I think I don't want to use drugs or medicine, so nothing. The only way is to go on stage and to hope. — Andrea Bocelli

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 perform. It doesn't matter if I'm singing for a king or a queen or the Pope, it's enough to be in front of anybody. I suffer, but I can't do anything about it. — Andrea Bocelli

What is certain is that singing is not merely modulating a song by means of the voice: we sing and we celebrate the beauty that we can grow and live every day. If you want to sing and give emotions to those who are listening, you must have something to tell through your singing; you have to use singing like an instrument to tell something. — Andrea Bocelli

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

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

My real passion is for opera. It was born and developed by listening to records, and my dream as a child was to record entire operas when I grew up, and this dream came true. — Andrea Bocelli

When you sing opera you are very far from the people, you are onstage, and between you and the people there is the orchestra. So you have to launch your emotions very, very far. When you sing pop, you are singing very close - the microphone is very close to your mouth. You can whisper your emotions into the microphone. — Andrea Bocelli

A young pregnant wife has been hospitalized for a simple attack of appendicitis. The doctors had to apply ice to her stomach and when the treatments ended the doctors suggested that she abort the child, they told her it was the 'best solution' because the baby would be born with some disability but the young brave wife decided not to abort, and the child was born. That woman was my Mother and I was the child. — Andrea Bocelli

Naturally, women are drawn to a man who understands the subtlety of emotions, and they know I'm a passionate man. But the reason I try to keep myself in shape is so I can sing better, not to look good. — Andrea Bocelli

The voice changes very slowly. I keep mine well under control and try with all my might to keep it exactly as it was at the very beginning. — 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 own means of expression. — Andrea Bocelli

Life Lessons by Andrea Bocelli

1. Andrea Bocelli has taught us that no matter what obstacles you may face, you can still achieve great success with hard work and dedication.
2. He has also demonstrated that a passion for music can be a powerful force in uniting people from different backgrounds and cultures.
3. Finally, Bocelli has shown us that it is possible to overcome personal struggles and still remain positive and optimistic in the face of adversity.