Vocal Cord Damage Quotes

You have to be so careful with your voice, especially when you're using it every day.

Here's the breakdown: alcohol dehydrates you and stimulates acid reflux. Then, when you sing on dry, irritated vocal folds, your folds swell. When your folds swell, they cause hoarseness, which makes you feel like you have to push harder to get a sound out.

I don't have dairy because I'm a singer and, quite frankly, I don't want to mess around with my vocal chords and how those behave, and dairy is an allergen for me.

I had really bad polyps on my vocal cords, and I've had them since I was a kid, but the bulimia made it 10 times worse. They were bleeding constantly, and it was straining on my voice. And just the lack of nutrition - my vocal cords couldn't keep up because I was so unhealthy.

Dairy products are not good for a singer.

I could imagine at a certain age, when I have no vocal cords left, that I would find a young man who could sing my parts for me. But I don't see why I would stop.

The way I sing is extremely physical, and it was causing acid from my stomach to wash up to my vocal cords and burn them.

Crying is really bad for your vocal cords.

People don't realize it, but you've got to take care of it. The vocal cord is the smallest muscle in the body, and it gets more use than any other muscle.

I'm terrified of losing my voice.

I think that if my voice for some reason changes - because your voice does change - then it's time for me not to sing.

I had an explosion on my vocal chord.

My voice was left with its husky sound after surgery on large vocal nodules.

I think that people who have Vegas throat are people who sing from their throats only.

Screaming is hard after a while.

I've learnt to accept what has happened to my voice, I suppose, but I do wish it didn't sound quite so rough.

I don't really strain my voice.

It's not like you have two sets of vocal cords. You only have one, and if you exhaust it from talking, then you're also affecting your singing.

I don't sing anything that hurts my voice.

You can't abuse your voice by yelling and screaming.

There was a time when I had to cancel around five shows because I lost my voice due to acid reflux. Being with Journey, I get introduced to very good doctors and specialists. I'm managing the condition with proper medication.

The most famous rumor for me is that I had throat cancer. I never had throat cancer... I don't know why that started... The way I sing, probably.

It totally ruins my voice. I quit smoking, drinking, and doing ecstasy.

If you can sing, you never lose your voice. If you don't know how to sing, your voice goes away because you sing from your throat.

During my New York run, I injured my voice badly. I was getting increasingly hoarse, and it finally gave up. The doctor said I had two choices. Either cancel things, or try my luck and perhaps never speak again. That's not much of a choice.