You don't need any brains to listen to music.

Music making is the most joyful activity possible, the most perfect expression of any emotion.

I think Beijing deserves the Olympics in order to be with all the rest of the world recognized.

I want to reach as many people as possible with the message of music, of wonderful opera.

Sometime to be called Pavarotti is not always an advantage.

I am a very simple person. In spite of all that has happened to me, I have tried to remain the simple person I started out.

Children should be given the chance to play instruments, to sing.