Luciano Pavarotti Quotes

People think I'm disciplined. It is not discipline. It is devotion. There is a great difference.

One of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating.

I think a life in music is a life beautifully spent, and this is what I have devoted my life to.

The rivalry is with ourself. I try to be better than is possible. I fight against myself, not against the other.

If children are not introduced to music at an early age, I believe something fundamental is actually being taken from them.

Music making is the most joyful activity possible, the most perfect expression of any emotion.

Some singers want the audience to love them. I love the audience.

Learning music by reading about it is like making love by mail.

You don't need any brains to listen to music.

As an art form, opera is a rare and remarkable creation. For me, it expresses aspects of the human drama that cannot be expressed in any other way, or certainly not as beautifully.

Am I afraid of high notes? Of course I am afraid. What sane man is not?

Horse riding is a perfect comparison with singing.You must know where the double fences are.

It is a very honest world, our work. I think you cannot fake anything.

If you know why you fall in love, you aren't in love

I want to reach as many people as possible with the message of music, of wonderful opera.

I've been buying the same lambrusco from Correggio [a town between Reggio-Emilia and Modena] since 1965.

The reason fat people are happy is that the nerves are well protected.

I'm a perfectionist, and I always think that I can do better what I have done, even if it's good.

Nothing that has happened has made me feel gloomy or remain depressed. I love my life.

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.

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 am a very simple person. In spite of all that has happened to me, I have tried to remain the simple person I started out.

If I could live my life over again, there is one thing I would change. I would want to be able to eat less.

It is so important for people at a young age to be invited to embrace classical music and opera.

Opera is a beautiful and important diversion for me.

Opera is one of the most important art forms. It should be listened to and appreciated by everyone.

I am open to everything.

Some say the word 'pop' is a derogatory word to say 'not important' - I do not accept that. If the word 'classic' is the word to say 'boring,' I do not accept. There is good and bad music.

It is not always a matter of wild ovations and legendary performances. Sometimes you are just happy to get through an opera without trouble.

I am a tenor buff. I hear myself.

Why should be elite, music? Excuse me. Music must be for everybody.

If you see me once, you cannot confuse me with another.

Above all, I am an opera singer. This is how people will remember me.

I was an elementary school teacher.

Sometime to be called Pavarotti is not always an advantage.

The music itself could never take the place of my own passion in life.

For all three of us, the Caracalla concert was a major event in our lives. I hope I am not immodest to think it was also unforgettable for most of the people who were present.

People have a right to criticize.

Children should be given the chance to play instruments, to sing.

I received a beautiful welcome to the world of music. I want to give something back to the younger generation.

I want to be famous everywhere.

I remember quite well that 10,000 audience sang with us three on the spot, and ever since then, I always thought the Chinese audience are the greatest audience.

I think an important quality that I have is that if you turn on the radio and hear somebody sing, you know it's me. You don't confuse my voice with another voice.

The better voice doesn't mean being a better singer.

I think Beijing deserves the Olympics in order to be with all the rest of the world recognized.

If your body is not in shape to sing [from the diaphragm] you will push and push but keep falling back on your throat to make the sound. This will ruin your voice.

If I go three days without vocalizing, the voice is gone.

On the day I'm performing, I don't hear anything anyone says to me.

For me, music making is the most joyful activity possible, the most perfect expression of any emotion.