"Music is many things, I like to think that it is also a vehicle of hope in emergency situations like this that we are experiencing in a time of coronavirus". To tell ANSA is Andrea Bocelli, committed to the Foundation that bears his name in a fundraiser in support of the hospital of Camerino (Macerata), transformed into a Covid Hospital. "But this Italy that stops, that cannot work, makes me sad" he says immediately after. What comes from Forte dei Marmi, in Versilia, where Bocelli lives with his family, still wants to be a message of hope for all Italians called in these days to a tough test and a great sense of responsibility.
"In the meantime, let's start by saying that singing is always better than crying" he stresses, adding: "Crying on yourself is useless, being less afraid. On the contrary, fear and fear lower the immune system". Bocelli says he did not take part in the various flash mobs that led thousands of Italians to appear from the balconies to sing, "also because here where I am, if I look out the window, nobody would hear me, mine - he says with irony - it would be a voice in the desert. " But he likes the idea of an Italy that tightens, "even if this spirit of unity would be nice - he highlights - that there was always and not only in extreme situations or when winning the World Cup". As well as the call of faith. "In these moments we are witnessing a great return to prayer - he observes -. Too bad it happens only in these situations, spirituality is a very important aspect of our life, without that we are similar to our animals. I would like to return to spirituality regardless from the virus. "
The Maestro does not believe much, however, that once the Covid-19 emergency ends, the world will change its habits, even if "man is a socio-political animal who learns and something will have learned, I want to think, even from this experience" . On the front of giving to others, also through the Andrea Bocelli Foundation, very active in earthquake zones including Camerino, he hopes that there will always be greater generosity: "What we do is always little compared to what we could do. If we take an exam of conscience - he underlines - we realize that we all do very little, I first. " "In these moments we realize that we are connected to each other and the famous 'love your neighbor as yourself' is no longer a way of saying, a phrase made, but it becomes a categorical imperative. Doing good - concludes the teacher - I think it is the only reason for each of us to live. "