I loved playing football. In this particular match the ball happened to hit my right eye, the only one which I could see light and colour with.

I have had the good fortune of being able to sing with many of the finest voices in the world, and for someone who loves voices as I do, this is an enormous privilege.

I studied law, and I was ready to be a lawyer in my country (Italy). Probably it is better for many clients that I changed my direction! But I was happy to study and I was a good student, I finished my studies. And everything that you learn is useful in life.

When I began singing, it was the first time I was happy in my life. As a baby, I would stop crying when I heard a great singer.

Often, I went in love with some friends in school. And, no, I suffered. Only later, things went better.

Every audience has its character; I like America - they love me. I suffer from stage fright, but in America not so much.

I was an agnostic until I realized that I had to choose between God and fate. The idea that humanity and nature are the result of fate was not convincing at all. I find the presence of God everywhere.