Quotes from Andrea Bocelli

Nowhere. is.... Now Here

The most stupid thing that a man can do in life is be bored.

The joy of a return is worth the price one pays at the moment of departure.

Music touches the soul, it stirs passion, it moves us and can make us better people. It's no coincidence that 2000 years ago a famous Roman politician, Cato the Younger, warned that soldiers shouldn't listen to music because it would make them unfit to wage war!

All that counts in life is intention.

Love is the language that we all share at a global level, the emotion that motivates our whole lives. For me, music is more my preferred source of consolation and inner richness. It's a tool for opening up our hearts and minds, helping us to overcome difficulties and instilling trust and positivity.

I live for my children, so my number one rule is I won't go away from home for more than two weeks.

Because I practice often with my children at home.

I have always tried to perform the music I love, and I think I am lucky because my preferences are often the ones of the public.

Music is a prerogative of those who are willing to spend time to study it, understand and love it, well aware of the fact that one life is not enough to improve just one single note of what has already been written and performed.

Criticism in good faith is good. When it's targeted solely to destruction, I'm not interested.

My idol has been Franco Corelli. But every singer can teach you something.

To sing a song is like whispering to a child's ear. It is an art heavily relying on improvisation.

When a little more than a teenager, I was a piano-bar pianist in the land where I was born and raised, Tuscany.

It is not Christian to go against someone. I am in favour of life.

The most widely criticised singers in the history of opera, Maria Callas and Franco Corelli, happen also to be the best singers. I am honoured for being part of their group.

What is beautiful enchants me. I mean not just physical beauty but a wider concept of beauty. There is beauty in poetry and in great musical or singing performances. There is beauty everywhere if you can just see it.

When I was very young, I started trying to sing like the great tenor Mario Lanza; my family used to play his records. We all learn best by imitating others.

I have a European frame of mind and Europe is my home.

When the mood takes me, I like to be a man of action. I like to windsurf and ski, and most of all I love to ride horses. The wilder and faster the better!

I am honored I have performed 'Quizas Quizas Quizas' with Jennifer Lopez, an eclectic artist who thanks to the charismatic power of her voice and to her soft sensuality, has managed to make this song particularly convincing.

I never think about gifts. It's enough to have my family present.

I don't have an extraordinary degree of self-confidence, but I know the gift I have been given from God, and I try to share it with as many people as possible.

Even in the most beautiful music there are some silences, which are there so we can witness the importance of silence.