Quotes from Luciano Pavarotti

If I could live my life over again, there is one thing I would change. I would want to be able to eat less.

I received a beautiful welcome to the world of music. I want to give something back to the younger generation.

Concentration is everything. On the day I'm performing, I don't hear anything anyone says to me.

The rivalry is with ourself. I try to be better than is possible. I fight against myself, not against the other.

Sometime to be called Pavarotti is not always an advantage.

Am I afraid of high notes? Of course I am afraid. What sane man is not?

Opera is a beautiful and important diversion for me.

Opera is one of the most important art forms. It should be listened to and appreciated by everyone.

It is so important for people at a young age to be invited to embrace classical music and opera.

Children should be given the chance to play instruments, to sing.

If children are not introduced to music at an early age, I believe something fundamental is actually being taken from them.

One of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating.

I want to be famous everywhere.

I was an elementary school teacher.

Learning music by reading about it is like making love by mail.

In opera, as with any performing art, to be in great demand and to command high fees you must be good of course, but you must also be famous. The two are different things.

He wants only to rest and to have a little peace.

You don't need any brains to listen to music.

I'm a perfectionist, and I always think that I can do better what I have done, even if it's good.