I want to reach as many people as possible with the message of music, of wonderful opera.
Luciano PavarottiRead
Am I afraid of high notes? Of course I am afraid. What sane man is not?
Interpretation
Acknowledging fear is a natural part of taking on challenges.
In this quote, Luciano Pavarotti expresses the universal feeling of fear, especially when facing daunting challenges. His candid admission that even a talented individual like himself fears high notes serves as a reminder that vulnerability and apprehension are common experiences, highlighting the courage required to confront one's fears.
In practice
In a motivational speech about facing fears, one could use this quote to illustrate that fear is a shared human experience.
I want to reach as many people as possible with the message of music, of wonderful opera.
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.
I declare that civil war is inevitable and is near at hand. When it comes the descendants of the heroes of Lexington and Bunker Hill will be found equal in patriotism, courage and heroic endurance with the descendants of the heroes of Cowpens and Yorktown. For this reason I predict the civil war which is now at hand will be stubborn and of long duration.
I just take it day by day, and I hope one day I can say I feel good - not just be cancer free, but just feel good. I'm just living every day to the fullest: I enjoy myself, I have fun, and I pray every day that it doesn't come back.
I can only say that there is not a man living who wishes more sincerely than I do to see a plan adopted for the abolition of slavery.
A fall from the third floor hurts as much as a fall from the hundredth. If I have to fall, may it be from a high place.
When we scratch the wound and give into our addictions we do not allow the wound to heal.
I was lucky I had a mom who had seen it all. From seeing my grandfather march in the Civil Rights era, she understood the depth, character, and stability you need to go through racism. She taught me not to accept it to but deal with it and be better than it.
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