Anton du Beke Quotes

When I do concerts and recitals, the two most common requests are spirituals and opera.

I went to watch Pavarotti once. He doesn't like it when you join in.

I've never been to the opera; I've only seen opera on DVD.

Music and opera are a big part of my life.

It's always exciting to see different cities I love, and go on tour buses. It's so much fun to travel. My favorite part is being able to perform live in front of all these amazing people; being able to connect with them and seeing their reaction makes me feel very special.

I think the opera is one of the great cultural jewels of Los Angeles.

'Prima Donna' is my kind of love song to opera but it's not the full experience.

Lots of opera singers are just boring.

I grew up listening to music and going to the theatre.

I performed in Sydney some years ago for the Sydney Festival and I am just so pleased to be returning to the wonderful Sydney Opera House and also performing in Melbourne for the first time.

I look up to Andrea Boccelli and Sarah Brightman. The best part about 'America's Got Talent' was performing with her!

When I'm on stage, it's such a spiritual moment that I hope, even when we hit 'Fallon,' you can feel that through the TV. I have this whole horn section that's part of New Power Generation; I have an amazing crew of musicians behind me. It's their energy, too.

Certainly, there are huge, multiplatinum bands whose singers command their audience's attention. Sadly, much of the time they have little to say.

I'm an opera lover.

I toured with Andrea Bocelli, went to London to do a show for a year in the West End.

You went to your first Broadway play or musical at some point, right? Come to opera.

You know what the most amazing luxury problem in the world is? When you've got a bunch of hits you have to play. That means the show's going to have to be a little longer.

Cricket is first and foremost a dramatic spectacle. It belongs with theatre, ballet, opera and the dance.

Booking an act for my Dad's 70th birthday, I wanted a great act and went straight to John Archer- his reputation in the magic world is among the very best. I was so pleased he was able to do it, and he absolutely brought the house down. It was brilliant, hysterically funny, and perfectly pitched for the occasion. He made the evening. I'd recommend him unreservedly.

Now, if you're an NBA fan, you know what Vince Carter did. I came up with a line about him: 'Half-man, half-amazing.'

Opera was an enormous part of my childhood. My parents were both opera buffs, and they met in the box seat of an opera performance. And I also was a boy soprano, so before puberty hit, I was onstage playing a wide variety of orphans and urchins in all sorts of operas, and the sheer melodrama of their stories was just always appealing to me.

I'm very excited to once again perform the National Anthem at Michigan International Speedway for the GFS Marketplace 400. The fans at MIS have always been great to me and it is always an honor to perform for them, whether it's a concert or the National Anthem.

I don't have anything that dramatic as far as a performance goes. I've never participated in a show that ended in a fight in my memory.

I think Neuer changed the game of goalkeeping in the World Cup.

When I write I consider it a rhyme. In the studio I consider it laying down vocals. Onstage, I'm entertaining; I don't even think about it.