I Live For My Children, So My

For Me, Riding A Two-wheeler Bike Was Very Risky. Counting The Pedal Strokes Before Turning A Corner And Learning To Hear The Sounds Coming From Buildings, Grass And The Climbing Frame Made All The Difference To Basic Survival And Ensured That I Didn't End Up Head-first In The Sandpit.

I Studied To Be A Lawyer, And After That I Did Something, Obviously, Completely Different. With Change, You Learn Something. If You Do The Same Thing Over And Over Again, You Never Learn Anything.

When A Little More Than A Teenager, I Was A Piano-bar Pianist In The Land Where I Was Born And Raised, Tuscany.

Probably The First Time I Left Italy Was To Travel By Train To Lourdes. I Went With My Mother And My Grandmother - Who Was A Very Religious Person - So It Was A Pilgrimage Of Sorts. I Remember It As A Very Intense, But Beautiful Experience.

When I Get On Stage, My First Goal Is Not To Show My Expertise, But On The Contrary, To Give A Bit Of Happiness, Of Joy, Of Cheerfulness. I Am Firmly Convinced That In Order To Sing Well, You Must Love Your Neighbor And Be Passionate About Life.