Andrea Bocelli Quotes

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Andrea Bocelli

Profession : Musician

Birth : September 22, 1958

I never think about gifts. It's enough to have my family present.

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Success is related to faith. Faith comes first.

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I was an agnostic until I realized that I had to choose between God and fate. The idea that humanity and nature are the result of fate was not convincing at all. I find the presence of God everywhere.

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Even in the most beautiful music there are some silences, which are there so we can witness the importance of silence.

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Fatherhood is a very natural thing; it's not something that shakes up my life but rather it enriches it.

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I studied to be a lawyer, and after that I did something, obviously, completely different. With change, you learn something. If you do the same thing over and over again, you never learn anything.

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I love eating shabu-shabu in Japan - a kind of beef hotpot. But if you're talking about authentic, traditional food, then Italian cooking is one of the best in the world.

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Criticism in good faith is good. When it's targeted solely to destruction, I'm not interested.

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It's very important for me to try to relax when I'm travelling, and playing my flute helps me to unwind.

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Stage fright is my worst problem. A voice is very intimate. It's something of your own. So there's always this fear, because you feel naked. There's a fear of not reaching up to expectations.

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The fact that I am blind is not what defines my life. It should be of no more interest than my blood type. People wonder if there is a relationship between my lack of sight and the way I sing. But there's no connection.

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A career is like a house: it's made of many bricks, and each brick has the same value, because without any one of them, the house would collapse.

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Destiny has a lot to do with it, but so do you. You have to persevere, you have to insist.

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My life experience has taught me nothing happens by chance. Even the idea of the ball in a roulette game: it's not chance it ends up in a certain place. It's forces that are at play.

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I am honored I have performed 'Quizas Quizas Quizas' with Jennifer Lopez, an eclectic artist who thanks to the charismatic power of her voice and to her soft sensuality, has managed to make this song particularly convincing.

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I'm quite shy, so I hate seeing my private life splashed over the papers.

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I like to windsurf and ski, and most of all I love to ride horses. The wilder and faster the better! If I'm presented with a fast horse or a fast boat, I still get that shiver of excitement and I cannot resist. Luckily I never seem to have any accidents, and thank God for that.

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I did a pop album, 'Sogno,' in 1999. I think it's important to record another pop album because many people love pop music. By this kind of repertoire, some people can later discover classical music.

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My style in Italian is very old-style.

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It's always beautiful to sing with other great voices. I like voices in general. It's a big privilege to have great singers next to me.

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