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I Have Had The Good Fortune Of Being Able To Sing With Many Of The Finest Voices In The World, And For Someone Who Loves Voices As I Do, This Is An Enormous Privilege.

I Always Knew I Would Sing. I Just Didn't Know If I Would Be Successful Or Not. But I Sang At School, I Sang At Parties, I Sang At Church. Everyone Always Asked Me To Sing. I'd Be Playing Football With My Friends And My Parents Would Ask Me To Sing For Their Guests. I Was Never Very Happy About That Because I Wanted To Play Football.

I Don't Like Being Called 'macho.' Macho Basically Means Stupid And A Real Italian Man Is Not Macho, He's Smart. That's Smart In Both Senses: Elegant And Clever.

I Loved Riding Bikes And Horses. I Was Eight When I Started Having Lessons, And When My Father Bought Me My Own Horse I Couldn't Wait To Go Off On My Own.

I've Always Known That I Was Born To Sing, Ever Since I Was A Child.