Vocal Hygiene Quotes

You do have to be a bit careful with your voice. It is an instrument.

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

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.

I have discipline; I look after my voice.

You can't treat your voice badly and expect it to stay around.

I don't pamper my voice. It's part of my body. If my body is rested and healthy, my voice is rested and healthy.

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.

Well, I don't think a specific role can destroy your voice. What can destroy your voice is when you... make an error. Everybody can make an error. But then you need to realize what is your way.

When I come off stage, I just shut up. I try as best I can not to use my voice at all. You know I love to talk, but I try when I come off stage to have the minimum amount of vocal interaction because I need at least a good 10 hours to just recover from my form of extreme singing.

If I go three days without vocalizing, the voice is gone.

I take care of my voice; I'm working out the way I would do my body, so that stays in shape.

There is one thing I should say, and it's important: Young Broadway singers and anybody who is an orator of any kind - lawyers who have to speak in court or pastors or anyone who has a lot of stress on their vocal cords: You should do the maintenance. You should do whatever it takes to feel fresh and good.

I blew my voice out and the doctor said, don't even talk for a week.

One of the things that helps my vocal health immensely out on the road is stopping all my eating/drinking at least four hours before I go to bed. I actually set a timer after my last meal so I can't cheat. This is to prevent acid reflux when I lay down in my bunk at night.

I've had problems with my throat over the years, playing with loud bands for years, and I've had bruised vocal chords and nodules.

I don't really strain my voice.

Your voice dries up if you don't use it.

I was a smoker for years. Occasionally I slip and have a cigarette. Remarkably, my voice has held up. I'm grateful, obviously. But I don't gargle with honey and ground-up bird eggs. I have no secrets.

I honestly don't know where the high voice thing came from in the first place. Why do people have high voices? Emotional problems? What is that? It could easily be that. And now I'm getting more normal, and my voice is getting deeper.

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

I do a lot of vocal hygiene.

I'm a geek when it comes to my voice. I know if it hurts, something's wrong. You shouldn't feel it! It's very important to look after your voice.

Well, I've been lucky. I've never gotten a voice polyp. I've never gotten nodes. But I do get sick, usually every tour, and to varying degrees. Sometimes it's a sinusitis.

Sometimes a role might be difficult on my throat.

If you don't make those vocal chords work, they'll go dormant on you.