Quotes About Technique

If you actually relax your vocal cords they actually work better.

The cello is such a versatile instrument. It can rock like the hardest rock guitar, and it can sing like the human voice. We couldn't do what we do without the classical training. It's a hard instrument to play. There are no frets, and it takes finesse and technique to play.

If you ask me about vocal technique, I don't know anything. I could never be a teacher. I just know what my teacher told me: 'Always sing with a full voice. When they tell you, less sound, more piano - no.'

When I had my first voice lesson I was 15 years old. And I had a really good teacher. This is what made all the difference. A good teacher will teach you the technique, but also how to listen to your voice.

We do scales, vocal exercises every day. I run the voice up and down, get as high as I can and as low as I can. I work on breathing, too.

Those who are not trained singers will find that their voice quavers. That should not happen. The quaver should be used only where necessary and not because a singer cannot hold a note or a tune.

I took speech training. I took a few voice lessons in college.

Think about 'GoodFellas': It could be a textbook on how not to write a screenplay. It leans on voice-over at the beginning, then abandons it for a while, then the character just talks right into the camera at the end. That structure is so unusual that you don't have any sense of what's going to happen next.

Volume can vary a ton when you're cooking, depending on how you measure. Do you carefully spoon the flour into a measuring cup, or do you scoop with the cup? Are you using chunky Morton kosher salt, or finer Diamond Crystal? There can be a 40 percent difference in volume depending on the brand.

Capucci was the biggest schooling I had. It wasn't just about the technical knowledge, such as color and volume, but also about the secret rules, and the beautiful codes of respect between the atelier and the master.

Early on in my career, I was really into the volume pedal techniques that somebody like Steve Howe or Alex Lifeson would use.

I could never work out how to shave my top lip without cutting myself.

I learned a lot about how to shoot and how to put together sequences.

I've got power. I don't throw hard every time. I just throw shots.

I've copied a bit of what AB de Villiers does. The way I go back and across to open myself up and set myself for the shots.

All of my shots are dunks or are around the rim.

My game's really never referenced as shake 'n' bake.

If youre serious about cooking, baking, or life in general, then you need a scale.

Basically, I use hammer-ons and pull-offs.

Even just my basics are so effective against a guy like Max Holloway.

You've gotta be able to score around the basket.

My type of basketball is about how to create space, how to maneuver, how to get your shot off.

I try to keep the ball up to the bat, and I usually get the ball to outswing, so I get wickets like that.

With all my bats I like them to be bottom-heavy, so they help me to hold the line through the shot.