Andrea Bocelli Quotes

You know, when I did 'American Idol' the three times, I tried to tell these kids you have to tell the story of the lyric.

Don't ever take a dramatic lesson. They will try to put your voice in a dinner jacket, and people like their hominy and grits in everyday clothes.

I do love to sing. Had I a longer set of thigh bones and a sweeter voice, I should have loved to be a performer.

Firstly I did it in this huge theatre in Avignon, then to smaller places, then bigger places. You have to change the volume of the voice, give more or less. The way you have to relate to space makes it like sculpture.

Opera is musical theatre, and the music can teach you so much about the theatre. Very often I use musical terms to think about how I comport myself on stage: I employ 'rubati,' 'ostinati,' 'cadenze.' Finding these parallels is very fascinating for me.

The greatest feeling in the world is performing and connecting with the audience.

When I am on the opera stage, I am playing someone else. In recitals, I even have the chance to talk to the audience, which is something you don't get to do in opera.

For me, the most enjoyable type of singing is opera. It allows you to move, to wear a costume... to do something with your body. When singing in concert, you have to stand up in front of the audience, next to the conductor, which is less natural.

For me the voice is the most important, but making your singing believable makes a great performer.

I feel my live shows are my music; everything blossoms from the live shows.

Whenever I get an idea for a song, even before jotting down the notes, I can hear it in the orchestra, I can smell it in the scenery, I can see the kind of actor who will sing it, and I am aware of an audience listening to it.

I love to sing and perform. It is what I do and love. It completes my life.

It's a unique thing to stand in front of a crowd and sing your songs.

To not sing with an orchestra, to not be able to communicate through my voice, which I've done all my life, and not to be able to phrase lyrics and give people that kind of joy, I think I would be totally devastated.

Some songs depend heavily on the character, but, for the most part, a great song begs for reinterpretation every time it is sung, even when in character.

I think I'm more entertainer than musician. I like to get with the crowd, make this night special for them.

As actors, you do have to be aware of your audience. You can't act in a vacuum, even if that audience isn't exactly present with you.

I'm 90% performer, 10% musician. I've always said that Gossip are a band I would go see, not a band I would listen to.

Opera is complex for those who perform it, but also for those who listen to it. It takes more time, more patience and more spirit of sacrifice. All this is well worth it because opera offers such deep sensations that they will remain in a heart for a lifetime.

When the music and the characters are flawlessly synchronized, the opera develops an emotional force that movies and plays cannot match.

True expression is hard when performing opera. The problem is that opera relies on the dramatic context of the piece. It can be interpreted and represented, but there are guidelines; there is a vocabulary within the pieces that you must know objectively and reflect.

I wanted to be a pianist but it just wasn't my thing. I guess I wanted to stand up rather than sit down.

The fact is that great musical pieces take and hold the stage because they provide great emotional experiences.

It's logical for us to sing, but not necessarily operatic pieces.

But I love singing live. Nothing beats the feeling of going out on stage and going, 'I can really sing.'