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A glass of whiskey before concerts. On the advice of Placido Domingo: “It frees up your esophagus and vocal cords,” he told me. A cure-all.

— Albano Carrisi

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Source: From an interview with the weekly Oggi; quoted in Al Bano: it ended with Romina because she smoked too many joints, rollingstone.it, May 18, 2023.
Source quality: Secondhand citation Quoted from another book or article rather than from the original.

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