Vocal Ability Quotes

I always considered myself a performer. It's what God gave me. It doesn't matter if one person hears it or a million.

Yeah, I'm just blessed to have this very strong thing, my vocals. I'm very healthy in that regard.

I am exceedingly lucky that my voice, along with perfect pitch and perfect rhythm, was given me at birth.

If I can't do an opera as well as most people, I won't do it at all. I don't want to touch Wagner because I think a lot of people do it a hell of a lot better than I could. I do the operas I think I can do, know something about.

To just be able to sing and show off the chops is kind of why I got into the music industry.

I'm a fan of real singers. I just gravitate towards that.

The biggest insecurity I had was my singing. Even though I had sold 70 million records, there was this feeling like, I'm not good at this.

I'd love to write a song that someone else sings that can actually sing really well.

I'm a terrible singer, but it helps when I have to call a taxi.

I've been singing since I could talk correctly.

When I was young, I had a beautiful singing voice.

I was always quite good with accents - I always had quite a good ear - so from the age of about 13, I used to do a lot of voiceover and dubbing for foreign films.

I've been wanting to sing for a long time. I've been singing all my life, and I've tried different record companies, but it seemed like - it was such a struggle and so hard to get out there. So, I said, 'I'm gonna go on American Idol and see how far it takes me.'

I'm not as good a singer as I am an actor. So that's why I - the stories I like so much is because I've been a story teller for a long time. I started as a singer and found out I didn't have a very good voice. That's the reason I went into acting.

I think that I sound a lot better than Diana Ross.

When I just started my career, of course, I always try to look very good, and I changes the dress all the time on the performance. And people came to me and said, 'Oh, beautiful dress. Your dress is so beautiful, and you look so beautiful.' That's it. And I was so upset nobody saying anything about my singing.

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

I guess if you can't sing, you better have a style!

The thing that's tricky is sometimes the best voices - just because someone hits the big notes and sounds amazing - it doesn't necessarily mean they make the greatest artists.

I first started to sing when I started to talk. As soon as I could form words and sounds together, I was singing.

I'm not a singer.

My dad says I could sing before I could talk, if that's possible. I was always humming and things like that.

I've been doing that song ["Live Wire"] on my own for years, so no, I'm not worried about [high notes] at all.

Usher is so innovative - he's a great performer, a great entertainer.

It's funny - it's called 'The Voice,' but I sure as hell didn't have the best voice on the show. I'll admit it.