Best 34 quotes of Placido Domingo on MyQuotes

Between parts I was too old for and roles that were too overwhelming, out of reach then for my voice. I carved out a niche with the Wagnerian repertoire since I am attracted by its theatrical intensity.

But enough joking. I am singing. This is all my life.

But I won't deprive myself of singing opera as long as my voice follows.

Don't you think it astonishing that, at 58, I am still working at improving my career?

Every three days on average, I am alone on stage, facing the public.

Honestly, if the public still wants to hear me in some works, I have to go down a half step.

I attended less than two years of Conservatory in Mexico City.

I feel at home in an orchestral score.

I feel like a little boy who is constantly offered new toys.

If money was my only motivation, I would organize myself differently.

I have always studied my parts with the orchestral score and not with the piano reduction.

I'm not superstitious because it brings bad luck.

In the last century, everybody was singing lower.

I then realized that I could never be satisfied again with the mere natural charm of my voice, that I had to constantly paint when singing, melting all the colors, expressing reds and blacks that had to be less primary but bursting with subtly colored combinations.

It is strange, but nobody is shocked when pop singers make a fortune in the space of two years.

I was married at 16, a father at 17 and divorced at 18.

Let us be clear: I take ten times more money for a concert than for an opera performance.

My strength is my enthusiasm.

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

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

Singing becomes a form of therapy.

Sometimes pianists try to sound like singers: me personally, I try to sound like a Bösendorfer.

The atmosphere of the theater is my oxygen.

The high note is not the only thing.

The press regularly proclaims my ambitions and my financial demands.

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

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

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

When a young artist is ready, one has to bring him into the limelight.

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

When it becomes clear that no one else shares your level of passion, you are where you belong.

When you are confronted with an opera, you have to keep an eye on everything: the musicians, the chorus, the ballet, the singers, the staging.

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

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