Luciano Pavarotti

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.

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

I am a tenor buff. I hear myself.

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

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

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

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

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

Opera is a beautiful and important diversion for me.

I was an elementary school teacher.

For me, 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.

I am open to everything.

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

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

I am a very superstitious person.

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

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

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

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

I want to be famous everywhere.

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

People have a right to criticize.

Sometime to be called Pavarotti is not always an advantage.

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

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