Andrea Bocelli
Andrea Bocelli
Andrea Bocelli, OMRI, OMDSMis an Italian classical crossover tenor, recording artist, and singer-songwriter. Born with poor eyesight, he became permanently blind at the age of 12 following a football accident...
NationalityItalian
ProfessionOpera Singer
Date of Birth22 September 1958
CityLajatico, Italy
CountryItaly
voice singing might
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.
beautiful dream able
Music is able to make a person dream. When you dream, you dream of something good, something beautiful, and when you dream, you always dream of yourself better than you are.
school friend-love
Often, I went in love with some friends in school. And, no, I suffered. Only later, things went better.
hands body littles
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.
fear stage bigs
I have big, big stage fright.
idols singers teach
My idol has been Franco Corelli. But every singer can teach you something.
land tuscany native
I am a product of my native land, Tuscany, Italy.
stars sky shining
Like stars across the sky, we were born to shine.
italian style
My style in Italian is very old-style.
country men boys
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.
music way degrees
The themes I sing about tend to be centered on love, but in the most total, general way 360 degrees of love.
thinking medicine drug
I think I don't want to use drugs or medicine, so nothing. The only way is to go on stage and to hope.
baby healing worry
Some of us are born with a weakness for music. As a baby, music would stop whatever thought I was having. If I was worried, it would stop me worrying; if I was crying, it would stop me crying. Music was a healing thing for me.
sports cycling leisure-activities
People are often quite surprised by the sport and leisure activities practised by the blind. For example, tandem cycling is very popular.