“The world is full of many beautiful voices; I will perform with many of them. I love women's voices.”
“Very often, I recognize many, many defects, so I try to improve myself every day. I think my voice is very communicative.”
“When a little more than a teenager, I was a piano-bar pianist in the land where I was born and raised, Tuscany.”
“When you sing and people want that you sing, then you can hope to be great.”
“While they are kids, my children must do as I say.”
“I listen to music every day for study reasons, and I confess that I have very little knowledge of what is going on in the hit parades around the world. I have no prejudices for any kind of music genre, and I listen with pleasure to many songs on the radio that my children already know of by heart, while I hear them practically for the first time.”
“More people are listening to opera, and I'm happy - everybody must be given that opportunity.”
“Because, in opera, I have to sing for people that are very far from me, instead of, when I sing a song, I try to imagine to sing like in an ear of a child.”
“When I sing for myself, I sing in a more free, athletic way. When I face an audience, there is always some fear that makes me put the brakes on a bit.”
“When I sing, I think mostly about the music. But I know that, through singing, my body shows everything that I am. I am a very passionate man and I suffer a lot and have a lot of joy also. In my opinion, it is very important for me to find this stimulus and motivation for singing.”