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Andrea Bocelli

Profession : Musician

Birth : September 22, 1958

I loved riding bikes and horses. I was eight when I started having lessons, and when my father bought me my own horse I couldn't wait to go off on my own.

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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.

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Singing provides a true sense of lightheartedness. If I sing when I am alone, I feel wonderful. It's freedom.

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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.

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I've always been on the side of science that tries to help man. I play an active part with the foundations I'm involved in. Science gives hope.

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I'm most impressed by the Russian writers, so I love reading the works of Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky. Another author who has informed the way I think is the French philosopher, Blaise Pascal.

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I like very much to ride horses. I like soccer, I have had a passion for boxing since I was a child, although it would be stupid for me to box.

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I loved playing football. In this particular match the ball happened to hit my right eye, the only one which I could see light and colour with.

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

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I live for my children, so my number one rule is I won't go away from home for more than two weeks.

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Losing my sight had nothing to do with my focus on music. My passion for music was already there, so it would be a mistake to give too much significance to my blindness.

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To sing opera, one needs two things: the voice and the passion - and above all, the passion.

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In preparing my thesis, I have had the pleasure of collecting testimonies from colleagues such as Placido Domingo but also from singing teachers and musicologists. The entire course of study has confirmed what I already thought, that the value and meaning of opera singing, at the beginning of the third millennium, remain intact.

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For me, riding a two-wheeler bike was very risky. Counting the pedal strokes before turning a corner and learning to hear the sounds coming from buildings, grass and the climbing frame made all the difference to basic survival and ensured that I didn't end up head-first in the sandpit.

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People are often quite surprised by the sport and leisure activities practised by the blind. For example, tandem cycling is very popular.

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When I began singing, it was the first time I was happy in my life. As a baby, I would stop crying when I heard a great singer.

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What is beautiful enchants me. I mean not just physical beauty but a wider concept of beauty. There is beauty in poetry and in great musical or singing performances. There is beauty everywhere if you can just see it.

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I do not think anyone can ever do anything without the help and will of God.

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I have trouble with modern art. But in general, all art forms fascinate me - art is the way human beings express what we can't say in words.

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

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