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. – Andrea Bocelli
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! – Andrea Bocelli
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. – Andrea Bocelli
I don’t have an extraordinary degree of self-confidence, but I know the gift I have been given from God and I try to share it with as many people as possible. Having a great voice is not a merit. I don’t think it is a merit. – Andrea Bocelli
I like reading… French, Russian classics – Gogol, Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, Flaubert. I also like Hemingway, Virginia Woolf. – Andrea Bocelli
I know that my passion is for opera, but sometimes I like also to sing songs, because there are many beautiful melodies. – Andrea Bocelli
To sing opera, one needs two things: the voice and the passion – and above all, the passion. – Andrea Bocelli
I want to have time for myself, my family and my friends. It’s important because in order to sing well, you must have inspiration, and inspiration comes from life, from living. – Andrea Bocelli
To be happy when you are travelling, you need to be happy inside before you leave. A positive frame of mind will definitely enhance your travelling experience. If I’m not in a positive frame of mind then the whole thing definitely becomes more of a challenge for me. – Andrea Bocelli
The most widely criticised singers in the history of opera, Maria Callas and Franco Corelli, happen also to be the best singers. I am honoured for being part of their group. – Andrea Bocelli
I think I don’t want to use drugs or medicine, so nothing. The only way is to go on stage and to hope. – Andrea Bocelli
An opera singer is like an athlete before a match. An athlete cannot overdo anything. In order to perform at the highest possible level, you need to refrain from activities so as to be able to express this power. – Andrea Bocelli
Very often, I recognize many, many defects, so I try to improve myself every day. I think my voice is very communicative. – Andrea Bocelli
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. – Andrea Bocelli
I’m a country boy, and we’re the product of our upbringing. As a boy, I was told that men don’t cry. – Andrea Bocelli
Because, in opera, I have to sing for people that are very far from me, instead of, when I sing a song, I try to imagine to sing like in an ear of a child. – Andrea Bocelli
The world is full of many beautiful voices; I will perform with many of them. I love women’s voices. – Andrea Bocelli
I don’t like being called ‘macho.’ Macho basically means stupid and a real Italian man is not macho, he’s smart. That’s smart in both senses: elegant and clever. – Andrea Bocelli
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. – Andrea Bocelli
People wonder if there is a relationship between my lack of sight and the way I sing. But there’s no connection. – Andrea Bocelli
Some years ago I gave a concert in the mountains with snow all around, and that was much colder. – Andrea Bocelli
In my iPod, there are many operas, from A to Z. I have ‘Aida’ and ‘Boheme’ and ‘Butterfly’ and ‘Cavalleria’. My passion is for opera, but when I’m in the car, I listen to everything. – Andrea Bocelli
I am a very lazy man, so, for me, the dream is to be at home on the chair with my family. – Andrea Bocelli
A love song must respect the canons of music beauty, entering the fibers of those who are listening. It must make them dream and pleasantly introduce them to the universe of love. – Andrea Bocelli
