Placido Domingo Quotes

Young singers are much better educated musically, much better informed, through discs and videos, than I was.

With my personal preparation at the piano, I can afford to hum at half voice.

When working with an orchestra, you never spend more than 20 minutes per recording session.

When I was a young man, I was a baritone, very far from possessing the whole range of the tenor then.

When facing symphonic orchestras which have played some works five thousands times, you have nothing to do.

We all have a destiny in accordance with the breadth of our shoulders. My shoulders are broad.

To stay at my best, I have to stop talking during the preceding day.

This season, over eight productions, I am presenting four young tenors.

This circus games aspect has existed since the beginning of my career.

The voice collects and translates your bad physical health, your emotional worries, your personal troubles.

The public made me and then encouraged me for many years, and my future even now depends upon it.

The public is a part of my real life.

The press regularly proclaims my ambitions and my financial demands.

The high note is not the only thing.

The atmosphere of the theater is my oxygen.

Singing becomes a form of therapy.

Should it happen tomorrow, I would fall to my knees to give thanks to God for such a career.

On the other hand, I have devoted so much energy to reach the top that I accept the stress of being there.

My strength is my enthusiasm.