Nina Simone Quotes

As I go back and listen, the other girls weren't singing quite like I was.

I think singing comes most naturally for me. Because it's part of your body - it's a natural thing. You can practice all you want but it's part of your body.

If you're not Prince, you're never going to sound like Prince.

I just wanted to show people - maybe I'm wrong - that I can still really sing. I can sing better than I ever have before. My intonation is way better, my timing, my phrasing - there's a lot more expression; I feel it's a more lived-in, soulful voice.

I sing like a girl.

The human voice is the most beautiful instrument of all, but it is the most difficult to play.

That's one thing you hear in my voice today. I could yodel from one octave to another octave. It always fascinated me.

Adam Scott sings like a bird... He's so bad. He's so bad.

I started singing when I started talking.

I think Freddie Mercury is probably the best of all time in terms of a rock voice. There was a vulnerability to it, his technical ability was amazing, and so much of his personality would come out through his voice. I'm not even a guy to buy Queen records, really, and I still think he's one of the best.

I think soul singers are much better singers than I am.

You want to have a feeling when you sing that you just love singing; you love the feeling of singing, and you love this feeling of this voice coming out of your body into this world. It's about really getting that most beautiful, pure, centered tone, thinking about the story of each song and the lyrics, and connecting your own life to that story.

We have dance songs and ballad songs, but Baekhyun's voice plays a very important role. That's a really important speciality of Baekhyun.

I feel like the falsetto is my niche and my sound and something different.

My voice is not angel voice.

Singing is my first love.

I would have loved to sing opera, but I have no voice. I used to sing along with records.

I think I have got a peculiar voice really, it neither one thing nor the other. It's not a contralto and it's not a mezzo soprano; it's a nothing voice really.

Everybody always going to sound like somebody. You got to separate yourself.

It's fun to use all of my range; there are so many different colors and textures that come out, revealing different parts of my voice. I know what my voice is capable of, and I try to fit it to each song, evoke a mood.

No, as much of an insider as I become, I will still always be an outsider. It's just the essence of me being who I am and doing what I do.

I always enjoyed singing but I was never convinced that I had a big voice like that, that was distinctive, I just thought I can sing in the choir.

If I could sing like a Chaka Khan, an Aretha, a Kim Burrell, if I could do all these amazing runs and belt it out, I would. I've attempted that, and it's not something anyone would want to hear.

The good lord gave me a very unusual voice, and gave me the opportunity to learn how to use it.

In my opinion, anybody can sing. If they have a voice, they must sing.