Renzo Arbore Quotes
born 1937 Italy
Lorenzo Giovanni "Renzo" Arbore (born 24 June 1937) is an Italian television host, singer, actor and film director.
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Dik Dik are a band that have retained their dignity and the public's affection.
Some concerts are put on for commercial reasons, but others are put on because they touch people's hearts.
Filogamo is the only character I have openly plagiarised – a cultured and courteous character who is the opposite of today's presenters.
I think Italian culture has always shot itself in the foot.
(About Riccardo Cocciante) He released a beautiful song called 'Poesia' to some success, and he represents hope for our pop music.
Mariangela always gave her very best, thanks to that eclecticism that makes her absolutely unique on our artistic scene.
Flauto d'Oro, aka Severino Gazzelloni, is one of Italy's national treasures, alongside spaghetti, Neapolitan pizza and Rodolfo Valentino.
(About w:Mina) [...] She has more soul than Streisand, more imagination than Midler, and more style and expertise than Minnelli.
In just a few years, she has become a star, fortunately without becoming a diva. Mia Martini has joined the ranks of the 'greats' of Italian popular music, having fought tenaciously to get there and passionately refused to betray the music she loves.
The record is still seen as a 'superfluous' item for leisure. In fact, a record often has the same dignity as a book.
I felt it was my duty to bring to light the history of jazz, which has its earliest roots right here in Sicily; Nick la Rocca was one of the few who achieved significant success, but there are dozens and dozens of Sicilian musicians who wrote its history.
Bracardi (Giorgio Bracardi) would dress up as Dracula and walk into the other studios where they were broadcasting live, and we would follow behind with an anti-vampire cross...
Happiness is knowing that you are living in peace, that you have no debts, and that you have no problems.
It is a fortunate state, but a very rare one. I believe that this is happiness. When people are at peace, they should be able to say, 'There, I'm happy.'
Quoted in Maria Laura Giovagnini, Renzo Arbore: La nostra rivoluzione ad… “Alto gradimento”, IoDonna.it, 18 February 2020.
I like books that tell the story of 'how we used to be', that tell the story of the years when I was a poor child, like all Italians.
Gaetano wrote some of the songs that are part of our country's memory. Songs of memory are important. Think, for example, of Zazà or I papaveri alti alti – these are songs of memory that haven't been big commercial hits or whatnot, but they don't just last for the duration of a fad or a particular period; they're the ones that stay in the collective memory and are passed down orally.