Andrea Bocelli Quotes

• You can be great only if it is your destiny.

  Andrea Bocelli

• When you sing and people want that you sing, then you can hope to be great.

  Andrea Bocelli

• Some years ago I gave a concert in the mountains with snow all around, and that was much colder.

  Andrea Bocelli

• Often, I went in love with some friends in school. And, no, I suffered. Only later, things went better.

  Andrea Bocelli

• Now I’m more sure and I feel myself more comfortable singing.

  Andrea Bocelli

• It’s true that I suffered a lot, especially when I was younger.

  Andrea Bocelli

• I’ve always known that I was born to sing, ever since I was a child.

  Andrea Bocelli

• I think I don’t want to use drugs or medicine, so nothing. The only way is to go on stage and to hope.

  Andrea Bocelli

• I have big, big stage fright.

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• I began when I was a child, because I was born and grew up in a little village. And many people ride the horses. So, it was a big – it has been a big passion for me.

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• Destiny has a lot to do with it, but so do you. You have to persevere, you have to insist.

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• Because, in opera, I have to sing for people that are very far from me, instead of, when I sing a song, I try to imagine to sing like in an ear of a child.

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• Because I practice often with my children at home.

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• All that counts in life is intention.

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Andrea Bocelli (14)

Birth:	22nd September, 1958
Nationality:	Italian
Profession:	Musician, Record Producer, Singer, Songwriter

About

Andrea Bocelli is an Italian tenor and singer-songwriter. Born with poor eyesight, he became blind at the age of twelve following a football accident. Bocelli has recorded fourteen solo studio albums, of both pop and classical music, three greatest hits albums, and nine complete operas, selling over 100 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists. He has had success as a crossover performer bringing classical music to the top of international pop charts.  In 1999, he was nominated for Best New Artist at the Grammy Awards. As a young boy, Bocelli showed a great passion for music. His mother has said that music was the only thing that would comfort him. At the age of six, he started piano lessons, and later, also learned to play the flute, saxophone, trumpet, trombone, guitar and drums. After finishing secondary school in 1980, he studied law at the University of Pisa. He completed law school and spent one year as a court-appointed lawyer.

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