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Andrea Bocelli, OMRI, OMDSM (Italian pronunciation: [anˈdrɛːa boˈtʃɛlli]; born 22 September 1958) is an Italian singer, songwriter and record producer. Born with poor eyesight, Bocelli became completely blind at the age of 12, following a football accident.

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When a little more than a teenager, I was a piano-bar pianist in the land where I was born and raised, Tuscany.

Born, Land, Piano, Raised, Teenager

The nature of music is mysterious and so much so that it generates strong emotions within us. It moves along passages that reach the most intimate areas of our psyche without being tried by prejudices or influences of any kind.

Areas, Generates, Moving, Prejudice, Prejudices, Strong

I never think about gifts. It's enough to have my family present.

Thinking, My Family, Enough, Family, Think

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.

Motivation, Men, Thinking, Sing, Opinion, Everything

My idol has been Franco Corelli. But every singer can teach you something.

Idol, Idols, Singer, Singers, Teach

I love eating shabu-shabu in Japan - a kind of beef hotpot. But if you're talking about authentic, traditional food, then Italian cooking is one of the best in the world.

Italian, Japan, Talking, Cooking, Food

I like very much to ride horses. I like soccer, I have had a passion for boxing since I was a child, although it would be stupid for me to box.

Box, Child, Children, Horse, Like, Soccer

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

Against, Fighting, Life

I did a pop album, 'Sogno,' in 1999. I think it's important to record another pop album because many people love pop music. By this kind of repertoire, some people can later discover classical music.

Discover, Important, Love, People, Thinking

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.

Conductor, Music, Orchestra, Terrible, Thinking

I know that my passion is for opera, but sometimes I like also to sing songs, because there are many beautiful melodies.

Beautiful, Know, Passion, Sing, Song, Songs

When you're on stage singing, you're naked. Your voice is something very intimate, and that's why I'm scared every time before I perform. It doesn't matter if I'm singing for a king or a queen or the Pope, it's enough to be in front of anybody. I suffer, but I can't do anything about it.

Front, Kings, Queens, Singing, Suffer, Voice

To sing a duet together means sharing with someone both the pleasure and the responsibility of making music for an audience which is there to feel enjoyment through music.

Mean, Responsibility, Together, Duet, Music

Naturally, women are drawn to a man who understands the subtlety of emotions, and they know I'm a passionate man. But the reason I try to keep myself in shape is so I can sing better, not to look good.

Looks, Men, Naturally, Reason, Shape, Trying

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.

Born, Children, Dream, Listening, Real, Records

What is beautiful enchants me. I mean not just physical beauty but a wider concept of beauty. There is beauty in poetry and in great musical or singing performances. There is beauty everywhere if you can just see it.

Beautiful, Beauty, Beauty Everywhere, Mean, Musical, Wider

To sing a song is like whispering to a child's ear. It is an art heavily relying on improvisation.

Art, Children, Heavily, Relying, Song

It is not Christian to go against someone. I am in favour of life.

Christian, Favour, Against, Life

I started as a lyrical singer. But it was through the pop universe that I reached international fame.

Fame, Lyrical, Singer, Singers, Universe

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

Like, Shine, Shining, Sky, Stars

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