Noel Coward Quotes

I'm not a classically trained composer, and I can't sing very well.

I can hold a note, but that's about it.

I'm not a singer. If you've heard any of my records, that's not singing. I have no vocal qualities whatsoever. I've got a lot of enthusisam and I go to the cross, but there's no skill going on there. It's more just intuitiveness.

I have a four-and-a-half-, nearly five-octave range. I probably should have had extra lessons as a child, as I am certain my family heard my potential, but I didn't. I was in the choir as a schoolgirl, but really, it is all self-taught.

I don't believe in singing lessons. You can sing or you can't.

The better voice doesn't mean being a better singer.

I was a boy soprano. I had a natural kind of voice and then trained it after my voice changed.

The thing that's tricky is sometimes the best voices - just because someone hits the big notes and sounds amazing - it doesn't necessarily mean they make the greatest artists.

I believe I can sing anything.

I wish I could sing better.

I'd love to have the time to learn to sing opera properly rather than bellowing half-formed fragments of melody in exuberant moments.

If you've got a good song, it's easy to play. But you can't make a bad song sound good no matter who you have to play on it.

I'm certainly not a trained singer. The only place I could probably carry a tune is my shower.

I work on my voice through what I have to sing.

I was a born singer.

I know some of those 'Glee' people, and they can really sing! I wish we could hear them live, because I know some of them and they can really sing like nobody's business.

Speaking purely from a musical standpoint, I think I am a great performer.

I sang all the time, and finally, my mother looked at me and said: 'I have a friend in New York who gives singing lessons. If she says you can sing, you can take lessons. If you can't sing, I never want you to open your mouth again as long as you live.'

I wish I sang better.

I have a talent, I can sing.

I wish I could sing. I don't technically have a terrible voice, but it's certainly not as good as most of my friends. Whenever I hear myself on a record, it just reminds me I'm not a very good singer.

Ultimately, I don't think you can teach a tone-deaf person how to sing. Some talents you're just born with, unfortunately.

If you're a good singer, you're going to make anything sound good.

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

I find writing songs hard, because it does not come naturally to me. I never set out to be a songwriter or a singer.