Zitat des Tages von Jose Carreras:
When you arrive at a certain level it's very easy to say yes: that is the moment to learn to say no.
It's logical for us to sing, but not necessarily operatic pieces.
I love good food but I follow strict rules the days I perform.
Music isn't only a profession.
I can't see why we can't toss in a Junior Walker or Wilson Pickett number in every once in a while.
The happiest moment in my life? When my doctor told me I was completely cured of leukemia.
I've always said that music is like literature.
Yes, you must have the courage of being free.
Everybody, even me, sometimes had to compromise on something, doing things we know to be wrong, and this happens doing whatever job in the world. But a singer must have the courage of saying no.
I am extraordinarily lucky, I was born in a family of strong moral values, and in my life I was able to do what I liked best: debuts, great theatres, but above all, inner and deep satisfaction.
I've always been a big fan of the American soul sound.
Even out of severe difficulty, some positive things come.
Americans, they have an incredible operatic tradition: the Metropolitan Opera House is - if not the most prestigious - one of the most prestigious opera houses in the world for over 100 years.
At first we got along real well. Now... it's pretty much just a professional relationship.
It is important to be passionate, but it is also important to combine the heart and the head. I have made mistakes in both my private and professional lives.
I am a little nervous with strangers. But I'm not tight inside. I think I am impulsive.
Italians have no sense of the dramatic.
When I sing, I want people to think only about the tenor and only about the music.
I'm a very fortunate man. I have in life everything I could dream of.
Yes, thanks to God... my life has a goal, much more important than my artistic activities, that is the struggle against Leukemia.
People naturally want to know about what happened, about my leukemia. They ask the same questions again and again. And there have been so many positive conclusions, even through the bad times, that I don't mind at all to be reminded of my struggles.
Certain things give you another perspective in life.
I carry on singing because I love it. The closer you are to the end, the more you understand how important it is.
If a man becomes more mature due to certain episodes in his life, it gives him the opportunity to look at life in a much more deep way. I believe the artist and the man work parallel, with the same feelings, the same soul, the same sensitivity.