Andrea Bocelli Quotes

I always say the person who taught me how to sing indirectly because I listened to her all the time was Brandy. I fell in love with her voice when I was six years old. I always loved Brandy.

I started taking singing classes just two years ago. It was great. I never knew I could sing but I kind of found my voice.

I was always singing around my house, and my parents thought they should put me into voice lessons just for fun.

When I was about forty-three years of age, I had a private secretary with a beautiful baritone voice. I told him I would give anything in the world if I could only carry a tune. He laughed and said, 'Anybody who has a voice and perseverance can sing.'

I started singing when I was four years old; that was the first time I took a voice lesson.

I like to sing because my mother was a singer. She sang to me all the time, so I learned to love singing. I did have a career as little 10-year-old George Benson. I made my first record as a vocalist, but I've been playing guitar since I was 9.

My dad took me to all the best rock and punk shows when I was growing up and music has always been a part of my life. So I'm very interested in the music scene and I suppose that's why I've ended up going out with musicians. Dave Pirner is still one of my best friends.

I started taking music lessons and singing when I was about ten.

Nat was my hero right from the very beginning. My dad brought his music into the house and played it over and over again.

I couldn't even sing when I started.

I'm a huge mimic. That's how I learned to sing. I listened to a lot of Freddy Mercury, obviously.

I would have loved to sing opera, but I have no voice. I used to sing along with records.

My life has been a poor attempt to imitate the man, I'm just a living legacy to the leader of the band.

As a songwriter, you try your best to write a good song, and you like nothing better than hearing a good song. It's easy to admire a great song, and you want to share out of enthusiasm.

Both my parents worked, so I was home alone a lot, and I would listen to their records. They belonged to the Columbia House record club, so they had records!

My mom would have liked it that I patterned myself more after Jimmy Reed.

Sammy Davis, I backed him up. I used to study him every night. I saw how great performers worked and was able to incorporate a little bit from the best.

Ninety per cent of how you learn is watching great people. When you are surrounded by good actors it lifts your performance.

Great music was written by the great geniuses, and you want to do it justice.

I've always been singing. Since day one. I started doing musical theater and you have to sing in musical theater and so that's where I got most of my training. So singing on stage, you just inevitably, when you're around other vocal artists, you get better at singing.

I've been singing since I could talk, pretty much. My dad was really musical and taught me how to sing harmonies and got me a karaoke machine with tape decks.

I think one of the great things about being a musician is that you never stop learning.

My dad has always been a big Ray Charles fan, and I've grown up listening to all kinds of music.

Parents can shape a child, but a great teacher can, too.

It's interesting to do other people's music - that's how I learned to play, by learning other people's songs. It's nice to delve into how other people got to where they are.