Placido Domingo quotes

Every three days on average, I am alone on stage, facing the public. (Placido Domingo)
If money was my only motivation, I would organize myself differently. View quote
Placido Domingo
I feel like a little boy who is constantly offered new toys. View quote
Placido Domingo
My strength is my enthusiasm. View quote
Placido Domingo
But I won't deprive myself of singing opera as long as my voice follows. View quote
Placido Domingo
Honestly, if the public still wants to hear me in some works, I have to go down a half step. View quote
Placido Domingo
When facing symphonic orchestras which have played some works five thousands times, you have nothing to do. View quote
Placido Domingo
But enough joking. I am singing. This is all my life. View quote
Placido Domingo
Singing becomes a form of therapy. View quote
Placido Domingo
The voice collects and translates your bad physical health, your emotional worries, your personal troubles. View quote
Placido Domingo
Young singers are much better educated musically, much better informed, through discs and videos, than I was. (Placido Domingo)
When a young artist is ready, one has to bring him into the limelight. View quote
Placido Domingo
With my personal preparation at the piano, I can afford to hum at half voice. View quote
Placido Domingo
We all have a destiny in accordance with the breadth of our shoulders. My shoulders are broad. View quote
Placido Domingo
On the other hand, I have devoted so much energy to reach the top that I accept the stress of being there. View quote
Placido Domingo
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. View quote
Placido Domingo
The public made me and then encouraged me for many years, and my future even now depends upon it. View quote
Placido Domingo
It is strange, but nobody is shocked when pop singers make a fortune in the space of two years. View quote
Placido Domingo
The high note is not the only thing. View quote
Placido Domingo
To stay at my best, I have to stop talking during the preceding day. View quote
Placido Domingo
I am never wrong when it comes to my possibilities. (Placido Domingo)
Don't you think it astonishing that, at 58, I am still working at improving my career? View quote
Placido Domingo
In the last century, everybody was singing lower. View quote
Placido Domingo
When working with an orchestra, you never spend more than 20 minutes per recording session. View quote
Placido Domingo
When I was a young man, I was a baritone, very far from possessing the whole range of the tenor then. View quote
Placido Domingo