- Psycho
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- Nov 07, 2020
Voice Quotes
Every voice carries something different.
These lines move between the literal — a performer's range and technique — and the personal, like speaking up for people who feel unheard. For more first-person reflection, see our Me quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Need
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- Nov 07, 2020
I need it all: in-depth characterization, fantastic/warped world building, a plot that could out-race Secretariat, and a 'voice.' I need to hear a uniqueness in the author's voice.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
My main point is to entertain in a way that is unique and different from what anybody else id doing; to apply my voice in a way that nobody else in the industry is applying theirs.
- Hide
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- Nov 07, 2020
Can I play a southern character? You betcha. Can I do the voice of Tourist Dad and Carnival Barker? Ya betcha. Can I do Fix-It Felix? Ya betcha. But I don't want to just play southern characters, so I hide it; I bury it. I tamp it down like a secret. Like a dirty little secret.
- Eyes
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- Nov 07, 2020
The camera or the microphone in the booth is merciless. If you don't believe what you're saying, it hears it. If you don't believe it, it sees it in your eyes, it hears it in your voice that there isn't the conviction there.
- Interesting
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- Nov 07, 2020
What's interesting about the U.K. is that it celebrates an alternative voice. It's up for telling new stories.
- Eating
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am not advocating beef eating. But I am advocating freedom to have an opinion and a voice.
- Powerful
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- Nov 07, 2020
There was a subtlety about Peggy Lee. It was powerful. There was a valuable use of space. Everything was not cluttered. Her voice was out front and was the key instrument.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being Poet Laureate made me realize I was capable of a larger voice. There is a more public utterance I can make as a poet.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
Look at Bob Dylan: his voice is not a great sound, but it gets the idea across... and that is what's really important.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
But I think the only thing that annoys me about that is if I suddenly find someone on commercial radio or something like that, mimicking my voice or actions and trying to promote a product and pretending it's me doing it.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The early Bon Jovi stuff I can't stand. I just think we didn't have our stylistic voice. But some people love some of that stuff.
- Human
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- Nov 07, 2020
The human voice is the most beautiful instrument of all, but it is the most difficult to play.
- Community
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's about being a voice in the community. There's so many ways to be a voice, and that's what I'm figuring out.
- Escaped
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- Nov 07, 2020
Without the tape-recorded evidence demonstrating irrefutably, in Nixon's own voice, his knowledge of and active involvement in obstruction of justice, it is likely that Nixon would have escaped impeachment and removal from office.
- Long Time
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- Nov 07, 2020