Ed Kowalczyk Quotes

Speech lessons probably did more for my singing voice - they teach you breathing, resonance.

At Julliard we had some voice classes. It was really just so you could carry a tune. It always just helps with your speaking voice also, when you connect your diaphragm and your breath.

With classical singing you have to put out so much air - you project, you emit force.

When I first started singing - before 'Treat Me Like Fire' when I was working with a vocal coach - I realized that I wasn't even breathing when I was singing.

Thousands of kids and parents come up to us and say, How do we get better as a singer?

Someone told me that you could learn to sing, and that there are muscles that if you build, you will sing.

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

I knew how to sing in choirs and sing in church, but I didn't know how to sing in a studio. That's what Darlene and the Blossoms taught me to do - to be a studio singer.

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

I've never had a voice coach, but I am about to name drop horrendously here: I did once get some advice on how to project my voice from Sean Connery, which was lovely. It's all about where you breathe. That's my claim to fame.

Everybody sings from their diaphragm.

To sing in a lower key is harder work. You have to use your diaphragm more.

Maybe I was just born with a little bit of vocals or natural talent, but I feel like I taught myself. I just started taking vocal lessons to just work on my breathing, my vowels and stuff.

I suspect a singing teacher would have a fit with my diction. They'd probably think I was doing a very bad job.

Everything I'd taught myself about screaming is basically a big no-no for singing. Your posture, your airflow - you're just pushing all the air out. When you start out, you're fast, heavy and loud but you're hiding behind it in a way. When you stop screaming, that's when it gets hard.

I don't have the slightest idea of how to do vocal exercises or scales or anything like that, but I did always know to breath properly from the stomach. I'm a pop singer and never really felt I needed more.

I've never had anything as formal as vocal lessons.

I remember Pavarotti telling me, 'Oh, Neil, after seventy, the voice is going to go.' But I've been lucky. You almost have to learn how to sing all over again. You use your diaphragm more. You have to choose the notes and pace yourself.

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.

An athlete learns how to hold her breath, but that doesn't work in singing. You have to learn to relax.

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

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

When I had my first voice lesson I was 15 years old. And I had a really good teacher. This is what made all the difference. A good teacher will teach you the technique, but also how to listen to your voice.

You know, your speaking voice comes back, but your singing voice you use in a different way.

And I've had vocal training on and off for years.