Raffaella Carrà
Raffaella Maria Roberta Pelloni (18 June 1943 – 5 July 2021), known professionally as Raffaella Carrà and sometimes mononymously as Raffaella, was an Italian singer, dancer, actress, television presenter and model.
Quotes
[edit]- My mother revealed what they found so extraordinary about my belly button: "They like it because it's a Bolognese belly button."
- From an interview with il Giornale, 27 January 1996; quoted in Panorama. Numeri 1555-1559, Mondadori, 1996, p. 178.
- Siempre voto comunista.
- I always vote for the Communists.
- Quoted in Tutti i muri abbattuti da Raffaella Carrà: perché grazie a lei oggi siamo tutti più liberi, from an interview with Interviú (1977).
- I always vote for the Communists.
- I will die without knowing. On my tombstone, I will write: ‘Why did gay people like me so much?’[3]
- Raffaella Carrà: «Io, icona gay per il coraggio, l'energia e libertà», Vanity Fair.it, 1 July 2017.
- (About Mina) When I was asked to celebrate her birthday, I thought about the value of the present and the past, and I realised that the imperfect or recent past tenses are not suitable for her. The right tense is the present indicative.
- Quoted in Raffaella Carrà, La mia compagna di viaggio, Vanity Fair.it, 1 March 2020.
- Mina was not, but she is. Mina did not “leave a mark”, but she leaves one every day. [4]
- Quoted in Raffaella Carrà, La mia compagna di viaggio, Vanity Fair.it, 1 March 2020.
- I'm glad I didn't get big-headed, I have a lot of self-irony. You have to be at peace with yourself to do this job.
- Marina Visentin, Raffasofia: Per trovare la felicità-tà-tà (l'accento sulla A), 2021, ISBN 9791280229380.
- I would like to know why I, raised by a single mother, couldn't have a child as a single woman! I even thought about becoming Spanish.
- Quoted in Massimo Gramellini, Una vita da Carrà. «Io, icona gay per le mie canzoni e la mia allegria», Corriere.it, 30 June 2017.
Quotes about
[edit]- Raffaella Carrà was one of the symbols of Italian television, perhaps its most beloved personality. She will be missed by millions of viewers who loved her for her style and by all those who, like me, had the opportunity to know her and work with her. I loved her very much. With her programmes, she was able to speak to very different generations, having the ability to always keep up with the times and never resorting to vulgarity.
- Silvio Berlusconi, quoted in Raffaella Carrà, Berlusconi "la corteggiò" con un camion di azalee: "Le ho voluto molto bene", ilfattoquotidiano.it, 6 July 2021.
