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Destiny has a lot to do with it, but so do you. You have to persevere, you have to insist.

Andrea Bocelli

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Andrea Bocelli
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: September 22
Composer
Guitarist
Lawyer
Opera Singer
Pianist
Record Producer
Saxophonist
Singer-Songwriter
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Tenor
Trumpeter
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The feeling of an evolution is a constant for every artist who is pursuing the search of refinement and enlargement of his/her own means of expression.
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Music is able to make a person dream. When you dream, you dream of something good, something beautiful, and when you dream, you always dream of yourself better than you are.
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It's always beautiful to sing with other great voices. I like voices in general. It's a big privilege to have great singers next to me.
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It's true that I suffered a lot, especially when I was younger.
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Music is a prerogative of those who are willing to spend time to study it, understand and love it, well aware of the fact that one life is not enough to improve just one single note of what has already been written and performed.
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Even in the most beautiful music there are some silences, which are there so we can witness the importance of silence.
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I know that my passion is for opera, but sometimes I like also to sing songs, because there are many beautiful melodies.
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In singing, you cannot 'cheat' if you want to give emotions to those who are listening. You must have something to tell.
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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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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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I have always tried to perform the music I love, and I think I am lucky because my preferences are often the ones of the public.
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More people are listening to opera, and I'm happy - everybody must be given that opportunity.
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I don't like crying. I'm a country boy, and we're the product of our upbringing. As a boy, I was told that men don't cry.
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When you sing and people want that you sing, then you can hope to be great.
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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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I was overcome with happiness, love, and tenderness ... Right after he was washed, I studied him with my hands: his downy little head, his little nose, everything on the tiny body.
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Popularity gets up people's noses. But I understand the importance and the function of popular music. There is an artistic purpose. Popular music helps people to develop a curiosity and leads them towards classical music.
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When I hear that young people have come to the theater for the first time to listen to opera, I'm very happy. Because it's the same thing that happened to me as a child. When I first heard the tenor voice, I immediately fell in love with this kind of music.
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When the mood takes me, I like to be a man of action. I like to windsurf and ski, and most of all I love to ride horses. The wilder and faster the better!
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My life experience has taught me nothing happens by chance. Even the idea of the ball in a roulette game: it's not chance it ends up in a certain place. It's forces that are at play.
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