Opera is one of the most important art forms. It should be listened to and appreciated by everyone. - Luciano Pavarotti
I'm a perfectionist, and I always think that I can do better what I have done, even if it's good. - Luciano Pavarotti
I'm not a politician, I'm a musician. I care about giving people a place where they can go to enjoy themselves and to begin to live again. To the man you have to give the spirit, and when you give him the spirit, you have done everything. - Luciano Pavarotti
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. - Luciano Pavarotti
It is not always a matter of wild ovations and legendary performances. Sometimes you are just happy to get through an opera without trouble. - Luciano Pavarotti
It is so important for people at a young age to be invited to embrace classical music and opera. - Luciano Pavarotti
I've been buying the same lambrusco from Correggio [a town between Reggio-Emilia and Modena] since 1965. - Luciano Pavarotti
Miserere ... You know I don't want to be a talent scout, but sometimes when I find someone very talented and very unique and different, if it's possible to give him a chance, why not? I'm very happy and very proud to find someone young -- a great musician or singer that I can write a song for and help him in a way. - Luciano Pavarotti
Nothing that has happened has made me feel gloomy or remain depressed. I love my life. - Luciano Pavarotti
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. - Luciano Pavarotti
If your body is not in shape to sing [from the diaphragm] you will push and push but keep falling back on your throat to make the sound. This will ruin your voice. - Luciano Pavarotti
People think I'm disciplined. It is not discipline. It is devotion. There is a great difference. - Luciano Pavarotti
Some say the word 'pop' is a derogatory word to say 'not important' - I do not accept that. If the word 'classic' is the word to say 'boring,' I do not accept. There is good and bad music. - Luciano Pavarotti
The rivalry is with yourself. I try to be better than is possible. I fight against myself, not against the other. - Luciano Pavarotti
There is no prodigy in our profession. If you see all the great singer of the past, none of them are. - Luciano Pavarotti
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