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Andrea Bocelli

Profession : Musician

Birth : September 22, 1958

To sing a song is like whispering to a child's ear. It is an art heavily relying on improvisation.

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

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Now I'm more sure and I feel myself more comfortable singing.

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I first started playing in piano bars for three reasons - to make money, to be in the company of my friends - and also to hook up with young girls. I always knew, even before I played in piano bars, about the effect of my voice.

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Some years ago I gave a concert in the mountains with snow all around, and that was much colder.

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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.

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To be happy when you are travelling, you need to be happy inside before you leave. A positive frame of mind will definitely enhance your travelling experience. If I'm not in a positive frame of mind then the whole thing definitely becomes more of a challenge for me.

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I have a European frame of mind and Europe is my home.

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I also always carry my flute. 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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When I sing, I think mostly about the music. But I know that, through singing, my body shows everything that I am. I am a very passionate man and I suffer a lot and have a lot of joy also. In my opinion, it is very important for me to find this stimulus and motivation for singing.

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It is not Christian to go against someone. I am in favour of life.

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The most widely criticised singers in the history of opera, Maria Callas and Franco Corelli, happen also to be the best singers. I am honoured for being part of their group.

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I like reading... French, Russian classics - Gogol, Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, Flaubert. I also like Hemingway, Virginia Woolf.

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Listen to what others tell you about your voice. If you're only singing to please yourself, you might as well just sing under the shower. But if you're singing for others, you are reliant on them to ask you to sing.

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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.

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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. As you become more famous, people come and expect to hear something extraordinary, so you don't want to disappoint them. I feel this sense of responsibility.

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

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Probably the first time I left Italy was to travel by train to Lourdes. I went with my mother and my grandmother - who was a very religious person - so it was a pilgrimage of sorts. I remember it as a very intense, but beautiful experience.

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I change the language with which I use my voice. In opera, I know I have an orchestra behind me; I have to communicate to people very far from me.

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I have big, big stage fright.

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