Luciano Pavarotti quotes:

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

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

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

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

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 tenor buff. I hear myself.

Opera is a beautiful and important diversion for me.

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

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.

People have a right to criticize.

I was an elementary school teacher.

Sometime to be called Pavarotti is not always an advantage.

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

There is no prodigy in our profession. If you see all the great singer of the past, none of them are.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I am a very superstitious person.

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

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

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

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

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

He wants only to rest and to have a little peace.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

I am open to everything.

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

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

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.

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

I want to be famous everywhere.

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

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

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

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.

I'm not a politician, I'm a musician. I care about giving people a place where they can go to enjoy themselves and to begin to live again. To the man you have to give the spirit, and when you give him the spirit, you have done everything.

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

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.

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

When I'm about to train a new opera, I first listen to how Jussi Björling did it. His voice was unique and it's his path that I want to follow. I would more than anything else wish that people compared me with Jussi Björling. It's like so I'm striving to sing.

You never know what little bundle of encouragements artists carry around with them, what little pats on the back from what hands, what newspaper clipping, what word of hope from what teacher. I suppose the so-called faith in ourselves is the foundation of our talent, but I am sure these encouragements are the mortar that holds it together.

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

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