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If children are not introduced to music at an early age, I believe something fundamental is actually being taken from them.
A Gift of Days: The Greatest Words to Live By (2009)
I think a life in music is a life beautifully spent and this is what I have devoted my life to.
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.
Pavarotti : My World (1995)
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.
Pavarotti : My World (1995)
Every day I remind myself of all that I have been given.
Pavarotti : My World (1995)
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.
It is not always a matter of wild ovations and legendary performances. Sometimes you are just happy to get through an opera without trouble.
Pavarotti : My World (1995)
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.
Pavarotti : My World (1995)
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.
Nothing that has happened has made me feel gloomy or remain depressed. I love my life.
Pavarotti : My World (1995)
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.
Pavarotti : My World (1995)