Andrea Bocelli

Criticism in good faith is good. When it's targeted solely to destruction, I'm not interested.

I've always known that I was born to sing, ever since I was a child.

A love song must respect the canons of music beauty, entering the fibers of those who are listening. It must make them dream and pleasantly introduce them to the universe of love.

Australians and the British are very similar: If you try and stand out in any way, and you try to reach for success, someone is gonna be there to cut you down.

Being famous gets me good concert tickets, good tables in restaurants, good seats at sporting events and that's really about it.

I don't see any possibility of Britain and the U.S. allowing a sovereign independent Iraq; that's almost inconceivable.