Powerful Vocals Quotes

I never knew listening to a song could give you goose bumps and make you cry until I listened to Lauryn Hill.

I wouldn't mind being the male Adele. She came along, and people were like, 'Damn, we haven't heard anyone this real for years.'

I think what I always want whenever I'm recording is to have even just 2 percent of what the Alabama Shakes have, Brittany Howard.

'Teenage Wildlife' is just epic. It's, like, five or six minutes long, and it kind of crescendos and builds into this insane vocal of Bowie wailing. I think I would pay $5,000 dollars to see footage of that recording session.

Janis Joplin didn't just sing a song, she took it over. She swallowed it whole, then sent it back through her gut and her heart.

Gaga is a gorgeous singer, and when she sings a great ballad, I get goose bumps.

Natalie Maines has a voice for the centuries.

Slayer has always been about the sound. We have to sound good. It has to be tight.

Amy Winehouse was not a person I ever met, and I can't say that I am overly conversant in all of her music. I do have her albums, and years ago, when I first heard her sing, I thought she was extraordinary. The tone of her voice, her phrasing, her raw appearance - these qualities were extremely captivating to me.

I love doing 'I Will Always Love You.'

I'm an old spirit, and my voice tends to be kind of heavy and loud. I've been referenced as 'a young Aretha.'

A great pop song should be felt when you hear it.

When you think of Rihanna's voice, you think of this whole, rich thing, solid like a tree trunk.

I love Adele. That's a lead singer; that's the real deal.

The type of music that I love to sing would have to be more bluesy and jazzy and more soul-like 'cause I love to belt when it comes to singing, so I guess bigger songs are what I lean more towards.

Hopefully people can look at our band and see that we're a heavy rock band. We're definitely not a metal band, but we're a band that focuses on meaningful lyrics and melody.

'All Over Me' is a song that I really got fired up the first time I heard it: it just really moved and it really had a lot of energy.