Paul Gilbert Quotes

I still struggle with my low notes. It's just always been something for me: I'm not a low singer. I have a really high voice.

I'm not a good enough singer to pull off the effect.

My own singing voice is not very good and I don't think that anybody really sings in their own voice.

Vocally, I have learned to find my strength, and my voice has developed a lot since 'Be Here.' I learned to sing with all of my body.

Yes, I am a good singer.

I can sing, but it takes an incredible amount of work for me to sound acceptable.

I don't know if vocally I am so great.

Early on, I tried to sing, but sustaining a note was something I wasn't comfortable with. So I tried to get off of the note as soon as I could.

I think I've learned a lot on the vocal side of things.

It takes a big voice a long time to develop properly; the bigger it is, the harder it is to develop the technique.

I've always been obsessed with the grain of the human voice. It's the ultimate instrument, there's this whole level of virtuosity and poetry, a sort of athleticism, of controlling your voice.

As singers, we're always taught to sing forward and place everything in the front of our resonating chambers. Donna Summer always sang in that space and had it naturally. Her muscle memory, the way she was built - she was a natural singer.

I was blown away by Steve Perry's voice - you know, his amazing ability to change from a lambing voice to rock.

I can't sing.

There are some sounds that English singers find quite difficult to manipulate.

I've never had a very quiet voice. I tried in choir to make it smaller, and it just didn't work out. And I listened to a lot of soul music when I was growing up on my own accord. But I was mostly into Mama Cass and Gladys Knight, and they all had big voices too; just different than mine.

You have to get to know your voice and its strengths and play on those. It took me quite a long time.

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

Right now, my voice is better than ever. It changed. I have better low notes than I had before.

Singing is incredibly physical.

I could read music and sing all the right notes at the right time. And over time, I literally found my voice, found a way to make sound.

When I sing full-on I use my whole body. I open my throat and let it fly out.

The voice is an instrument that you really must take time to develop. It's like a good red wine Give it time.

I love hard singing.

I thought everybody had falsetto. And since I wasn't a schooled singer who studied with anybody, I just thought anybody who had a voice could do anything they wanted with their voice.