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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
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- Nov 07, 2020
By voting, we add our voice to the chorus that forms opinions and the basis for actions.
- Nov 07, 2020
It took me five years to realize what I could do with my voice. No Auto-Tune - cut all that off.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've never had vocal training. No one could ever say that they helped me carve what my voice has become. It's just been more of self-training: me just continuously going into the studio every night and trying out different beats.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's strange: I've done so many things up until I did 'Obvious Child,' including writing children's books and making 'Marcel the Shell.' To me, the through-line is incredibly clear: it all comes from wanting to be connected to my own inner voice and not wanting to be on somebody else's agenda if that means that I can't be myself.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Character is character and voice is voice, which translates nicely from writing novels to writing TV. But the process is different. You have a writer's room, people pitch you jokes and you collaborate.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
For my whole career, I've been a singer-slash-songwriter, even though I'm very thankfully known for my voice. Songwriting has always been a joy in my life, and to be recognized for it is extremely validating.
- Funny
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- Nov 07, 2020
This is going to sound cheesy, but with acting there are so many tools. When you're on camera, you're using all of it. You're using the voice, you're using your body, you're using wardrobe, all of it, but it's funny, once you take all of those things away, you realize how much you rely on the physicality.
- Focus
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love any kind of acting, so if I could focus on becoming the best actor I can strictly on my voice, I would love that.
- Image
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was with Geffen Records, I weighed almost 400 pounds. The label told me that I had a great voice but wasn't marketable having a weight image.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
At some level it's still hard for me to admit that my father died. I can talk about it and around it, but those two words. 'He died.' What can that possibly mean? That I won't get to hear his voice again?
- Nov 07, 2020
I went to school. I went to Juilliard. You spend 13 hours a day on voice and speech. Now I realize why.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was always singing around my house, and my parents thought they should put me into voice lessons just for fun.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
Well, I don't know if this is true of everyone, but I have this relationship with my parents where, despite however mature or articulate or grown-up I think I've become, as soon as I go home, I turn into this petulant 13-year-old, especially with the tone of my voice.
- Political
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- Nov 07, 2020