Sicily is a blessed land. First, because of its geographic position in the Mediterranean. Second, for its history and all the different peoples who have settled there: Arabs, Greeks, Normans, the Swedes. That has made us different from others. We exaggerate, we overdo. We love Greek tragedy. We cry, we fight, sometimes for nothing.

God smiled on me in every sense. I was born a tenor, and you know what that means. Tenors are a rare commodity.

I learned my profession onstage. I didn't have a musical background. I had no conservatory training. I don't play an instrument.

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