Singing Skills Quotes

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

I think every singer should be able to jump in for a singer who has been sick, for instance, and learn an opera in two days. I know people who can do it.

Maybe it is true what they say, that playing these Chuck Berry songs is easy. But try singing them. The words come out hard, like bullets.

In my opinion, being an all-rounder is good. It is not right that I should be content with qawwali and ignore other forms, since I am basically trained in classical singing. We should be masters of all forms of singing.

About 10 years ago, I took some vocal lessons. I'll bet that helped. I got a tape of exercises that the girl gave me, which I don't do anymore, but they were good. And I don't smoke.

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

I do not support that everyone has to be a trained classical singer to be able to sing in films but some sort of knowledge in classical space can take you to places.

I'm not actually even a very good singer. I'm not.

I really learned to sing in church, I think, really with emotion.

Now ballads, I can mess around and get up on somebody on a ballad. People ain't seen it yet, but I can mess around and get up in there. I've had Ruben Studdard up in my house, Brian McKnight, Tank. Every once in a while I throw down with them.

Good singing is learning how to transmit learning musical information with your voice in a way that everybody can relate to. But as a woman you just get a lot of criticism because everyone sees you like a raw lump of clay that needs some help.

You have to sing every day so you can build up to being, you know, Amazingly Brilliant

It was such a wake-up call going to music school and being one among so many that are really good at singing.

It was quite strange, because it's quite different from singing, although it's quite natural because you're used to performing or acting on stage.

I never call myself a singer, ever. I never will. I've always been really embarrassed about my voice. I've never been confident about it. I think it's a little bit better now than when I first started. There are people I admire who are genuinely brilliant singers and I know the difference between what they can do and what I can do.

I'm learning to work under pressure. Yesteryear songs are slow and demanding on the expressions.

I've only been blessed with one talent, unfortunately, and that's being able to sing a wee bit.

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.

I had 10 years of lessons at the conservatory in Belgium, studying classical music. I learned how to sing, play the piano, and all the theory that I needed. By the time I left, I had confidence in my skills, and I knew that the experience had prepared me to become a real professional.

Singing background has always been such a precious thing. I'm always going to be excited to sing behind an artist and learn from them.

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

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

When I was a kid, my aunt coached me a little bit for choir, and what she taught me actually stuck with me. She basically taught me to sing from my diaphragm and not from my throat.

Singing and acting are actually very similar things. Anyone can sing and anyone can be a film actor. All you have to do is learn.

I can do an OK manicure, but I need to stick to singing.