Quotes About Vocalist

What I consider a challenge is to prove that I am worthy as Journey's new vocalist.

I think that Chad Gray is one of the most honest, emotional, real vocalists there is; he really takes a lot of pride in writing the lyrics, takes a lot of time with them. He writes and re-writes more than just about anybody I've ever been around.

I'm a trained classical baritone.

Well, the teacher I studied with for nineteen and a half years was a man named Paul Gavert. He was a great lieder singer, so basically I'm a trained lieder singer because of that teacher. The teacher I currently study with - since 1995 - is Joan Lader, who also studied with Gavert.

My initial career, really, as a baby, was as a singer.

You're one of the most natural, great singers I've heard in a long time.

My upbringing was in the church. We had to attend regularly. And, of course, the church provided a training ground for me, so to speak, as a young vocalist and certainly gave me all of the spiritual values that I needed as a young lady.

It was always the singer that was the front man, but Mike stood there and played piano and keyboards. He had a great voice and he was the Sixties' Rod Stewart, and he contributed a tremendous amount to the Dave Clark Five.

Oh my gosh, I love Jon Hendricks.

There seems to sometimes be an entire genre called 'female-fronted metal.'

My style of singing has always been referred to 'soul' singing when it fact it's more influenced by English R&B Blues Shouting. I'm closer to Led Zeppelin as a vocalist than to Ella Fitzgerald. It was torture dealing with major labels.

There's no Asian [vocalist] that's huge out there. So I want to do that. I want to break that mold.

I was champion soprano of Sussex when I was 16!

An appointment for what? The singer caught his attention. He cocked a brow, watching her roll her eyes and gesture. Unless she's having some sort of seizure, I believe the vocalist is signaling you. Resigned, Eve glanced over, shook her head. She's a friend of mine. She shook her head more emphatically when Mavis grinned and turned both thumbs up. She thinks I got lucky.

I call myself a blues singer, but you ain't never heard me call myself a blues guitar man.

I think an artist can fit under a few different categories depending on how much you explore your creativity. It can vary from artist to artist from musician to performer to vocalist. I thrive on creativity. So in the long run I want to be an all around entertainer.

It's amazing to hear, as a voice matures and then starts to decline, what kind of emotion is still conveyed by a really good vocalist.