Quotes About Music

I could read music and sing all the right notes at the right time. And over time, I literally found my voice, found a way to make sound.

I do not have voice for Russian music; I cannot be cute little peasant like in operas of Glinka or Rimsky-Korsakov. I am now never in Russia; I am Austrian citizen. But definitely I am Latin!

I think the voice does that perfectly adequately without being imitated by other instruments.

I usually hang around the room listening to a bit of last night's show. If there's one available, I go to the steam room every day for my voice. I spend half an hour there and then I eat, because I can't eat later than four o'clock. Then I go for a soundcheck. That's my day.

I was never particularly fond of my voice.

'Partita' is a simple piece. Born of a love of surface and structure, of the human voice, of dancing and tired ligaments, of music, and of our basic desire to draw a line from one point to another.

Being in a band with three guitar players, one thing you need to do is learn to make each guitar voice sound separate and identifiable.

People hear the soul, black influence in my voice. I grew up listening to CKLW and all the black stations like WLBS.

If I want to hear a voice, Lana Del Rey is very soothing, and I could just listen to her on repeat, but my real go-to that's been very consistent for at least the past ten years is Miles Davis.

Because my early music was heavily produced, people assume my voice was also heavily produced.

Do you know the solo at the end of 'Why Don't You Love Me Any More?' that sounds like a chainsaw breaking through? That is what I can't do with my voice. That's when you hear how painful this has been to me.

That's one thing you hear in my voice today. I could yodel from one octave to another octave. It always fascinated me.

'The Voice' was the first real job I've ever had that wasn't just messing around with music.

At the beginning, it was me, Run and D, but D's voice is messed up.

My songs are all about celebrating poignant music. While some of them focus on fun and revelry, they are fortunately backed by powerful lyrics. Put together, the lyrics, tune and my voice strive to take the songs to the next level.

Working with the brothers can put pressure on my voice, so I choose to do my own solo thing so I can save my voice. I couldn't do both now. The Neville Brothers is a funk band; they play loud, and I have a strong voice.

I am an entertainer and would sing a song if I know my voice would do justice to it.

I auditioned for 'The Voice' because I really wanted to try and figure out a way to get myself out there. I really couldn't imagine doing anything else - music was the only thing that I really clung to.

It took me a long time to find my own voice, even after I started making my own music.

I have always had problems with my voice, and the piano helped me believe the song could be bigger than my voice, and I could play with new melodies and things that I couldn't on guitar. It was easier to make the sound fuller and easier to get away with not being as good.

To be good in playback, you need to modulate your voice and sing with an accent that can provide some freshness.

I treat every song like a different character. It is good that people recognise my voice instantly, but as an artiste, I always try and bring some variety with each of them.

Justin Tranter is an incredible queer voice in pop music and he's writing for Justin Bieber: it's genius.

In high school, I was always into Jerry Lee Lewis, and they decided they needed a piano player for the jazz band. I had my little boogie-woogie thing that I did, so I did my little boogie-woogie thing. I had a very high-pitched voice.