- Strength
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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
- Mistake
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- Nov 07, 2020
Recently I made the mistake of opening a bundle of reviews that someone had sent me of a production from years and years ago, and someone had written a really lovely review except that it made a remark about the way I spoke: 'A lot of people find her voice terribly irritating.' Do they? I had no idea.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been listening to a new band called Wolf Alice, courtesy of my son. The vocalist, Ellie Rowsell, has a gorgeous voice.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started taking voice when I was six and dance classes every day - I just couldn't get enough.
- Hate
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always had a big voice, but I'm very aware of when you need to belt or go all out like that - when it's necessary and plot driven - as opposed to just screaming to scream, which I hate.
- Everything
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- Nov 07, 2020
We kept everything: every major event that's happened to African-Americans since 1945, with 'Ebony' as a repository for all those photographs and as a voice for all that happened.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother gave me singing lessons; that was totally painful, because I couldn't do what she wanted to hear. She used to say: there's more there, there's more voice but I just didn't want to give it to her.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not going to take any special interest money or any PAC money... when I get to Washington I want to be the voice for the people of Connecticut and not owe special favors.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
The thing I like about singing duets is that I get things out of my voice I never get singing by myself.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
Singing with Aaron Neville, he pulled stuff out of my voice I never could have gotten, because if he's providing XYZ, I have to put in ABC, and usually I don't have to put in ABC.
- Quite
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was teeny tiny, I definitely had a voice that didn't quite match the way I looked at five.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I got back from London, I started with a new voice teacher in the experimental wing, who trained me to have my own artistry as opposed to forcing a technique upon me.
- Always
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always thought it was easier for girls to sing harmonies because their voices can go to that higher plane so much more easy than a male voice.
- Loud
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- Nov 07, 2020