Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti was the most well-known opera singer of his lifetime. He was the son of an amateur tenor. Pavarotti was one of the greatest operatic tenors of our time.
Through his talent and his desire to reach out to audiences everywhere, Pavarotti has been an important figure in bringing the world of opera to a great variety of people. He was able to reach millions of viewers each time one of his opera performances or solo concerts was seen. He was also a recording artist.
(1935 – 2007)
– Luciano Pavarotti Quotes –
For me, music making is the most joyful activity possible, the most perfect expression of any emotion.
~ 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
Above all, I am an opera singer. This is how people will remember me.
~ Luciano Pavarotti
I was an elementary school teacher.
~ Luciano Pavarotti
I am open to everything.
~ Luciano Pavarotti
Am I afraid of high notes? Of course I am afraid. What sane man is not?
~ Luciano Pavarotti
I am a very superstitious person.
~ Luciano Pavarotti
The better voice doesn’t mean being a better singer.
~ Luciano Pavarotti
The music itself could never take the place of my own passion in life.
~ Luciano Pavarotti
He wants only to rest and to have a little peace.
~ Luciano Pavarotti
You don’t need any brains to listen to music.
~ Luciano Pavarotti
People have a right to criticize.
~ Luciano Pavarotti
I am a tenor buff. I hear myself.
~ Luciano Pavarotti
Opera is one of the most important art forms. It should be listened to and appreciated by everyone.
~ Luciano Pavarotti
For me, music making is the most joyful activity possible, the most perfect expression of any emotion.
~ Luciano Pavarotti
There is no prodigy in our profession. If you see all the great singers of the past, none of them are.
~ Luciano Pavarotti
I want to reach as many people as possible with the message of music, of wonderful opera.
~ Luciano Pavarotti
Why should be elite, music? Excuse me. Music must be for everybody.
~ Luciano Pavarotti
It is so important for people at a young age to be invited to embrace classical music and opera.
~ Luciano Pavarotti
Opera is a beautiful and important diversion for me.
~ Luciano Pavarotti
Learning music by reading about it is like making love by mail.
~ Luciano Pavarotti
Sometimes to be called Pavarotti is not always an advantage.
~ Luciano Pavarotti
If children are not introduced to music at an early age, I believe something fundamental is actually being taken from them.
~ Luciano Pavarotti
It is a very honest world, our work. I think you cannot fake anything.
~ Luciano Pavarotti
The rivalry is with ourself. I try to be better than is possible. I fight against myself, not against the other.
~ Luciano Pavarotti
I want to be famous everywhere.
~ 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
If you see me once, you cannot confuse me with another.
~ Luciano Pavarotti