Quotes About Vocal

Opera singers, we're not muscle men; you have to be careful about your work.

Sleep is the apple a day, really, for singers.

When I was in grade school, I remember singing in a chorus where they actually had two parts going. It was very easy for me to pick out the harmonies, and I kind of just went with it.

There is nothing more boring than doing singing exercises.

In the last century, everybody was singing lower.

For singers, our singing voice is our natural voice, not the speaking.

It started in Georgia. Everyone sings there. I mean, it's all they do. So at eight, I heard a lot of Georgian singing, which is often really complicated, with seven- or eight-part harmonies.

Everybody sings from their diaphragm.

I was singing about six notes higher than I had to, in a range that kept me up in a bubblegum sound.

I had more of a vocal range. If you wanted to play a keyboard song, like "Love Walks In," I can do it.

I love that [ late-50s Verve recordings] - to me, that's the epitome of vocal jazz. It's my favorite style and era of it.

I don't sing the way I used to, so I'm doing everything I can to put the word out that they shouldn't expect that.

I'm just a loud Irish guy.

I do not propose to write an ode to dejection, but to brag as lustily as chanticleer in the morning, standing on his roost, if only to wake my neighbors up.

I started singing about three years ago, I entered a local singing competition called Stratford Idol. The other people in the competition had been taking singing lessons and had vocal coaches. I wasn't taking it too seriously at the time, I would just sing around the house. I was only 12 and I got second place.

About 10 years ago, I took some vocal lessons. I'll bet that helped. I got a tape of exercises that the girl gave me, which I don't do anymore, but they were good. And I don't smoke.

You can't abuse your voice by yelling and screaming.

I'm going to be vocal, but I'm not going to be just yelling around. That's not me. But I can go talk to guys. I can lead by example by my hard work and my approach every day and with how I prepare for games, practices.

I sound like a chain-smoking drag queen after a hard night of singing 'Tie a Yellow Ribbon'.

But actually just yesterday we raised the key of one of my songs two steps up, so my voice is obviously responding. It's a muscle, and the more you use it, the more you use it right, the more you should get out of it. So yes, I sing.

I started writing poetry when I was 12 years old and also undertook vocal training since a young age. However, it was only during my time at the University of Oxford did the musician in me came alive.

My father was the artistic one. At a very young age, my father realised I had a strong voice and made me learn Hindustani vocal. I was five. I have Dad to thank for introducing me to the finer things in life.

I was very vocal about what I wanted to do at a very young age. I wanted to be inside of the television set. I didn't know being on TV was being an actor.

I could imagine at a certain age, when I have no vocal cords left, that I would find a young man who could sing my parts for me. But I don't see why I would stop.