- Feel
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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
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I change the language with which I use my voice. In opera, I know I have an orchestra behind me; I have to communicate to people very far from me.
- Mysterious
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- Nov 07, 2020
The voice is something very mysterious. It's difficult to say what is inside a voice that moves people.
- Nov 07, 2020
To sing opera, one needs two things: the voice and the passion - and above all, the passion.
- Control
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- Nov 07, 2020
The voice changes very slowly. I keep mine well under control and try with all my might to keep it exactly as it was at the very beginning.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
I first started playing in piano bars for three reasons - to make money, to be in the company of my friends - and also to hook up with young girls. I always knew, even before I played in piano bars, about the effect of my voice.
- Crisis
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- Nov 07, 2020
Apart from a period of crisis during my adolescence, when my voice was changing and I could not tame it - it was like a kicking foal that does not listen to reason - I have always been told I have a pleasant and recognizable voice.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I really enjoy picking up the physical rhythm of somebody else, speaking with their voice. I've never done in anything in my own voice, and I can't imagine what that would be like. It would be weird, I guess.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's so funny to get a call from Dustin Hoffman because he has that great voice.
- Different Type
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- Nov 07, 2020
I decided to see how my voice sounds on different type of records. So I did Eminem and the Biggie, Florence and the Machine, and Muse covers. A couple of them just came from some jam sessions between me and my sister in her bedroom at my father's house in San Diego.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was heavily influenced by big voices when I was younger. People like Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin, and Patti Labelle really spoke to me. When I got older, I was into Erykah Badu, Jill Scott, and Lauryn Hill, but it wasn't until I started working with a voice coach that I really dove into jazz music.
- Everyone
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I graduated, everyone was like, 'You got to do pop and R&B to make it,' like very contemporary pop and R&B. I tried for a little while, but I just realized my voice wasn't quite fitting some of the records that I was doing.
- Certain Things
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- Nov 07, 2020
I knew that I could sing when I was young. I would listen to a lot of jazz; I'm a big jazz fan. When I first got to high school and studied musical theater, I could sing. But I added certain things to my voice, and I realized after graduating high school that this is the kind of voice I had. It's not very nimble, but it's heavy.
- Featured
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- Nov 07, 2020