When You Sing And People Want That

Some Of Us Are Born With A Weakness For Music. As A Baby, Music Would Stop Whatever Thought I Was Having. If I Was Worried, It Would Stop Me Worrying; If I Was Crying, It Would Stop Me Crying. Music Was A Healing Thing For Me.

The Nature Of Music Is Mysterious And So Much So That It Generates Strong Emotions Within Us. It Moves Along Passages That Reach The Most Intimate Areas Of Our Psyche Without Being Tried By Prejudices Or Influences Of Any Kind.

When You're On Stage Singing, You're Naked. Your Voice Is Something Very Intimate, And That's Why I'm Scared Every Time Before I Perform. It Doesn't Matter If I'm Singing For A King Or A Queen Or The Pope, It's Enough To Be In Front Of Anybody. I Suffer, But I Can't Do Anything About It.

When You Sing Opera You Are Very Far From The People, You Are Onstage, And Between You And The People There Is The Orchestra. So You Have To Launch Your Emotions Very, Very Far. When You Sing Pop, You Are Singing Very Close - The Microphone Is Very Close To Your Mouth. You Can Whisper Your Emotions Into The Microphone.

If You Could Have The Arms Of Hercules, Legs As Swift As The Wind. If You Could Leap Shoulder High Above The Rim, Have The Kick Of A Dolphin, The Reflexes Of A Cat. If You Could Have All These, You Would Have The Body, You Would Have The Tools. But You Would Not Have Greatness Until You Understand That The Strongest Muscle Is The Heart. To Me, That's The Soul Of The Olympic Games.