 For me, music making is the most joyful activity possible, the most perfect expression of any emotion. |
| In opera, as with any performing art, to be in great demand and to command high fees you must be good of course, but you must also be famous. The two are different things. |
| I'm a perfectionist, and I always think that I can do better what I have done, even if it's good. |
| If you see me once, you cannot confuse me with another. |
| Learning music by reading about it is like making love by mail. |
| Above all, I am an opera singer. This is how people will remember me. |
| You don't need any brains to listen to music. |
| People have a right to criticize. |
| Opera is one of the most important art forms. It should be listened to and appreciated by everyone. |
| I am open to everything. |
| The music itself could never take the place of my own passion in life. |
| It is so important for people at a young age to be invited to embrace classical music and opera. |
| He wants only to rest and to have a little peace. |
| Sometime to be called Pavarotti is not always an advantage. |
| I want to reach as many people as possible with the message of music, of wonderful opera. |
| Am I afraid of high notes? Of course I am afraid. What sane man is not? |
| The rivalry is with ourself. I try to be better than is possible. I fight against myself, not against the other. |
| Why should be elite, music? Excuse me. Music must be for everybody. |
| I am a very superstitious person. |
| There is no prodigy in our profession. If you see all the great singer of the past, none of them are. |
