I want to reach as many people as possible with the message of music, of wonderful opera.
Interpretation
Pavarotti expresses a desire to share the beauty of music, particularly opera, with a wide audience.
Luciano Pavarotti's quote emphasizes the importance of reaching out to others through the universal language of music. He recognizes that opera, with its profound emotional depth and artistic expression, carries a message that can resonate with people from all walks of life, inspiring a sense of connection and appreciation for the arts.
In practice
In a speech about the importance of arts education, you might say this quote to emphasize the power of music.
When I'm about to train a new opera, I first listen to how Jussi Björling did it. His voice was unique and it's his path that I want to follow. I would more than anything else wish that people compared me with Jussi Björling. It's like so I'm striving to sing.
If I go three days without vocalizing, the voice is gone.
Learning music by reading about it is like making love by mail.
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.
If children are not introduced to music at an early age, I believe something fundamental is actually being taken from them.
Am I afraid of high notes? Of course I am afraid. What sane man is not?
Usually in theater, the visual repeats the verbal. The visual dwindles into decoration. But I think with my eyes. For me, the visual is not an afterthought, not an illustration of the text. If it says the same thing as the words, why look? The visual must be so compelling that a deaf man would sit though the performance fascinated.
I am composed of contradictions, which is why poetry is a better form for me than philosophy
Don't look for obscure formulas or mystery in my work. It is pure joy that I offer you. Look at my sculptures until you see them. Those closest to God have seen them.
I think the idea of art kills creativity.
Tasting a dish should be memorable If nothing remains in the memory of a single guest, then I have made a mistake.
Nonsense and beauty have close connections.
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