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153 Motivational Quotes By Andrea Bocelli To Help You Tide Over Difficult Times

Famous As: Italian Operatic Tenor Noted for His Unique Blend of Opera & Pop Music
Born On: 1958
Born In: Lajatico, Italy
Age: 66 Years

One of Italy’s most celebrated singers, Andrea Bocelli is counted as one of the legends in the music industry. With a voice compared to that of God, several renowned music artists consider his voice as most beautiful. Bocelli has 15 solo studio albums and nine complete operas to his credit. Despite being visually impaired he has successfully managed to overcome his disability and top international charts with his pure talent. Bocelli’s deep thinking clearly reflects in what he speaks and we have collected some of his most thought-provoking quotes. Have a look at Bocelli’s most motivational quotes on art, God, faith, music, people, fear, passion, struggle, and passion.

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If you don't have the possibility of listening to music, you can't know if you love it.

If you don't have the possibility of listening to music, you can't know if you love it.

Andrea Bocelli
The themes I sing about tend to be centered on love, but in the most total, general way 360 degrees of love.

The themes I sing about tend to be centered on love, but in the most total, general way 360 degrees of love.

Andrea Bocelli
I think I don't want to use drugs or medicine, so nothing. The only way is to go on stage and to hope.

I think I don't want to use drugs or medicine, so nothing. The only way is to go on stage and to hope.

Andrea Bocelli
Let me say that I've never thought to conduct because the conductor has to think to the music before the orchestra. And the orchestra comes later. For me, it's terrible.

Let me say that I've never thought to conduct because the conductor has to think to the music before the orchestra. And the orchestra comes later. For me, it's terrible.

Andrea Bocelli
I am not only fighting against something, I am fighting for something - and I am for life.

I am not only fighting against something, I am fighting for something - and I am for life.

Andrea Bocelli
It's important for me who is at the table with me; the moment when everyone speaks to each other and everyone listens. If there's good food, it's much better.

It's important for me who is at the table with me; the moment when everyone speaks to each other and everyone listens. If there's good food, it's much better.

Andrea Bocelli
I was overcome with happiness, love, and tenderness ... Right after he was washed, I studied him with my hands: his downy little head, his little nose, everything on the tiny body.

I was overcome with happiness, love, and tenderness ... Right after he was washed, I studied him with my hands: his downy little head, his little nose, everything on the tiny body.

Andrea Bocelli
Listen to what others tell you about your voice. If you're only singing to please yourself, you might as well just sing under the shower. But if you're singing for others, you are reliant on them to ask you to sing.

Listen to what others tell you about your voice. If you're only singing to please yourself, you might as well just sing under the shower. But if you're singing for others, you are reliant on them to ask you to sing.

Andrea Bocelli
I don't like crying. I'm a country boy, and we're the product of our upbringing. As a boy, I was told that men don't cry.

I don't like crying. I'm a country boy, and we're the product of our upbringing. As a boy, I was told that men don't cry.

Andrea Bocelli
I've always known that I was born to sing, ever since I was a child.

I've always known that I was born to sing, ever since I was a child.

Andrea Bocelli
It's true that I suffered a lot, especially when I was younger.

It's true that I suffered a lot, especially when I was younger.

Andrea Bocelli
I've always been on the side of science that tries to help man. I play an active part with the foundations I'm involved in. Science gives hope.

I've always been on the side of science that tries to help man. I play an active part with the foundations I'm involved in. Science gives hope.

Andrea Bocelli
It's always beautiful to sing with other great voices. I like voices in general. It's a big privilege to have great singers next to me.

It's always beautiful to sing with other great voices. I like voices in general. It's a big privilege to have great singers next to me.

Andrea Bocelli
I'm quite shy, so I hate seeing my private life splashed over the papers.

I'm quite shy, so I hate seeing my private life splashed over the papers.

Andrea Bocelli
I don't like being called 'macho.' Macho basically means stupid and a real Italian man is not macho, he's smart. That's smart in both senses: elegant and clever.

I don't like being called 'macho.' Macho basically means stupid and a real Italian man is not macho, he's smart. That's smart in both senses: elegant and clever.

Andrea Bocelli
I loved riding bikes and horses. I was eight when I started having lessons, and when my father bought me my own horse I couldn't wait to go off on my own.

I loved riding bikes and horses. I was eight when I started having lessons, and when my father bought me my own horse I couldn't wait to go off on my own.

Andrea Bocelli
'Passione' is a selection of the music moments that have accompanied my youth; a collection of cherished memories, of moments, of fleeting emotions, of sleepless nights.

'Passione' is a selection of the music moments that have accompanied my youth; a collection of cherished memories, of moments, of fleeting emotions, of sleepless nights.

Andrea Bocelli
I am a product of my native land, Tuscany, Italy.

I am a product of my native land, Tuscany, Italy.

Andrea Bocelli
I'm most impressed by the Russian writers, so I love reading the works of Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky. Another author who has informed the way I think is the French philosopher, Blaise Pascal.

I'm most impressed by the Russian writers, so I love reading the works of Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky. Another author who has informed the way I think is the French philosopher, Blaise Pascal.

Andrea Bocelli
In singing, you cannot 'cheat' if you want to give emotions to those who are listening. You must have something to tell.

In singing, you cannot 'cheat' if you want to give emotions to those who are listening. You must have something to tell.

Andrea Bocelli
Now I'm more sure and I feel myself more comfortable singing.

Now I'm more sure and I feel myself more comfortable singing.

Andrea Bocelli
Like stars across the sky, we were born to shine.

Like stars across the sky, we were born to shine.

Andrea Bocelli
Opera singing is in every way of inestimable value; a real heritage for all mankind that has been reached over centuries of studies, attempts, flights of the spirit.

Opera singing is in every way of inestimable value; a real heritage for all mankind that has been reached over centuries of studies, attempts, flights of the spirit.

Andrea Bocelli
The feeling of an evolution is a constant for every artist who is pursuing the search of refinement and enlargement of his/her own means of expression.

The feeling of an evolution is a constant for every artist who is pursuing the search of refinement and enlargement of his/her own means of expression.

Andrea Bocelli
My real passion is for opera. It was born and developed by listening to records, and my dream as a child was to record entire operas when I grew up, and this dream came true.

My real passion is for opera. It was born and developed by listening to records, and my dream as a child was to record entire operas when I grew up, and this dream came true.

Andrea Bocelli
It's always beautiful to sing with other great voices. I like voices in general. It's a big privilege to have great singers next to me.

It's always beautiful to sing with other great voices. I like voices in general. It's a big privilege to have great singers next to me.

Andrea Bocelli
In essence, I set myself the objective of doing what I feel is right without having any ambition.

In essence, I set myself the objective of doing what I feel is right without having any ambition.

Andrea Bocelli
I have always tried to perform the music I love, and I think I am lucky because my preferences are often the ones of the public.

I have always tried to perform the music I love, and I think I am lucky because my preferences are often the ones of the public.

Andrea Bocelli
I loved riding bikes and horses. I was eight when I started having lessons, and when my father bought me my own horse I couldn't wait to go off on my own.

I loved riding bikes and horses. I was eight when I started having lessons, and when my father bought me my own horse I couldn't wait to go off on my own.

Andrea Bocelli
In singing, you cannot 'cheat' if you want to give emotions to those who are listening. You must have something to tell.

In singing, you cannot 'cheat' if you want to give emotions to those who are listening. You must have something to tell.

Andrea Bocelli