One of the very best things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating. - Luciano Pavarotti

One of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating.

I remember when I began singing, in 1961, one person said, "run quick, because opera is going to have at maximum 10 years of life." At the time it was really going down. But then, I was lucky enough to make the first Live From the Met telecast. And the day after, people stopped me on the street. So I realized the importance of bringing opera to the masses. I think there were people who didn't know what opera was before. And they say "Bohème", and of course "Bohème is so good."

The truth is hidden from us. Even if a mere piece of luck brings us straight to it, we shall have no grounded conviction of our success; there are so many similar objects, all claiming to be the real thing.