It is our collective and individual responsibility to preserve and tend to the environment in which we all live.
If children are not introduced to music at an early age, I believe something fundamental is actually being taken from them. - 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. - Luciano Pavarotti
If this man can express himself with the soul and the willpower that he has, even in singing, he certainly will be a big star. - 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
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
Opera is one of the most important art forms. It should be listened to and appreciated by everyone. - 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