Autotune Quotes

In case you're wondering whether I lip synch, the answer is no... people think so because I sound so good.

My own rapping skills are quite good, actually. You get this thing, I think it's called Songify or AutoRap, and you talk into them, and they auto-tune it and make it into a quite interesting musical number. And I got one where it builds it into a rap.

I got the type of voice where I can hit a tone if I want, but I ain't trying to be Fetty Wap or Future.

Unless you use the vocoder the way Daft Punk use it, it is very limited. When they sing it's almost human. It sounds sexy. I just used it as an effect. It wasn't because I was not able to sing; I'm not a great singer, but I had some hits as a singer, too. It's a nice effect.

I liked Rebecca Black's 'Friday.'

Oh my gosh! I can't tell you the number of times people have put autotune on my voice, and I'm like, 'Please take it off!' You don't even sound human; it makes you sound like a robot!

Everybody I've ever seen live sings out of tune, even the greatest singers in the world. And of course if you make a single nowadays, they'll autotune it anyway.

I skipped 'College Dropout' and 'Late Registration' and went straight to '808s & Heartbreak.'

It can be disheartening to see acts that don't necessarily have any input on their own material to do so well in the charts.

Nowadays people sell millions of records that can't sing.

I sing, but I'm not a singer. I'm just a producer who sings on her own songs because I can't find anybody else who sounds like me.

Drake, the way he uses that Auto-Tune has always been attractive, hasn't it?

I grew up listening to T-Pain and The-Dream, and they were doing that thing, rapping and singing at the same time. That's where I get it from.

I have a longstanding, unapologetic love for Ke$ha.

Salif Keita's one of my favorite artists.

I don't believe that recordings should sound radically better than the artist, I think that's dishonest. For example, I'm not a great singer but if I spent enough time tweaking my vocals, I could sound like one. But I don't, what you hear is pretty much what I sing.

Rebecca Black might sing like a robot, but that's just proof she has evolved beyond us. Her vocal is just a slightly exaggerated version of the robot glitch-twitch stutter that's been mainstream pop vocalese for the past 10 years or so.

When I listen to the radio, I just hear so much music that doesn't even sound like people. The vocals are all tuned, and the drums are all fake.

Because my early music was heavily produced, people assume my voice was also heavily produced.

I was a fan of T-Pain's music growing up. I bought 'Epiphany' and 'Rappa Ternt Sanga.'

People have taken technology so far, to the point where music is almost sterile these days.

With technology now, you can go in and sing a song, and for $100,000, you will sound flawless.

I wish there was an autotune for acting. That would make everyone win the best acting award immediately.

We use the immense possibilities of technology to make the rendering better; anyone can be a singer now!

I like Akon, I like some of Lil Wayne when he uses that funky voice. Anything progressive.