Quotes by Placido Domingo, page 2

Placido Domingo - spanish Musician

Also called: José Plácido Domingo Embil.

Was born on 21 jan 1941.

Origin country: Spain

I would like the public to follow, and not to go to the opera simply because they are attracted to the same big names.

Quote by Placido Domingo about public

If a problem is undermining you, the smallest performance becomes an insuperable obstacle. You dread it. Then, miraculously, you clear the hurdle.

Quote by Placido Domingo about obstacles

If Don Giovanni does not possess low notes rich enough, then the balance is broken, and, as a consequence, all the work that preceded falls to pieces.

Quote by Placido Domingo about consequences, wealth, work

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

Quote by Placido Domingo about motivation, money

In 1973, when I started conducting orchestras, everybody was waiting for my fall, thinking I would never be able to have two irons in the fire.

Quote by Placido Domingo about fall, thinking, fire, fire brigade

In the last century, everybody was singing lower.

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

Quote by Placido Domingo about univers, wealth

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

Quote by Placido Domingo about money

My strength is my enthusiasm.

Quote by Placido Domingo about enthusiasm

Not only do we sing too high but, even more, if you want to respect the spirit of the technique that the composers had at their command in the 19th century, you would have to use the head voice.

Quote by Placido Domingo about voice, heads, use, respect, spirit

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

Quote by Placido Domingo about stress, being

Others can afford it but do not know about the beauty of the genre and are asking to be seduced.

Quote by Placido Domingo about beauty

Resting becomes a discipline in itself.

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

Quote by Placido Domingo about career, fall, god

Singing becomes a form of therapy.

The atmosphere of the theater is my oxygen.

The high note is not the only thing.

Quote by Placido Domingo about things

The lied does not ask for an especially high tessitura, but only for a normal one.

The press regularly proclaims my ambitions and my financial demands.

Quote by Placido Domingo about press

The public is a part of my real life.

Quote by Placido Domingo about public, real estate, life