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Voice Quotes

Every voice carries something different.

These lines move between the literal — a performer's range and technique — and the personal, like speaking up for people who feel unheard. For more first-person reflection, see our Me quotes.

All the intelligence and talent in the world can't make a singer. The voice is a wild thing. It can't be bred in captivity. It is a sport, like the silver fox. It happens.

Quotes by Willa Cather

You have to contort your body in a certain way to hit a low note. When you're on film, you can't. So you do, in a sense, get to hide behind your voice, which is nice.

Quotes by Will Friedle

Adele Adkins' retro-soul debut, '19', was striking less for her songs than for that voice: a voluptuous, slightly parched alto that swooped and fluttered like a Dusty Springfield student trying to upstage her teacher, or at least update the rules.

Quotes by Will Hermes

Comeback records always worry me, especially when they're made by one of my heroes, and I'd heard stories about Gil Scott-Heron recently, about drug arrests and prison terms and other troubles. I wasn't prepared for the ravaged shakiness of his...

Quotes by Will Hermes

Choosing the narrator for a first-person story like 'Downriver' is a crucial decision because the voice has to be one the reader wants to listen to, and the voice has to be a match for the emotion you want the...

Quotes by Will Hobbs

I chose 'The Voice' because I knew they had a lot more respect for each artist, as opposed to the other shows. They don't get it. I don't think those shows ever got it. I was turned off by some...

Quotes by Will Champlin

I just wanted to keep consistent and keep true to America and not seem contrived. I didn't want to seem contrived at all with any song choice that might be a detriment to my journey on 'The Voice.'

Quotes by Will Champlin

God gave me a voice to sing with, and when you have that, what other gimmick is there?

Quotes by Whitney Houston

As a teenager, I really loved Catherine Ribeiro - extremely powerful, wild, improvisatory voice. I loved old psych-rock bands, and Michael Hurley, and Harry Nilsson. And then later on I discovered the famous European singer Demis Roussos, who used to...

Quotes by Weyes Blood

The party has to be much more. It has to connect in a real way with rank-and-file members and be their voice.

Quotes by Wes Boyd

But when they offered this little situation for me to do this voice in this special segment, I found it so incredibly humorous that I said yes, and I enjoyed it. It was fun.

Quotes by Werner Klemperer

I would love to put out music that was just stunning or soul-baring or whatever. But I don't think I have the voice for it.

Quotes by Wes Borland

I want to be more myself. Sometimes it takes awhile to find your voice.

Quotes by Wendy Liebman

I'm more interested in having a place to work out my voice and my body than I am in having furniture.

Quotes by Wendy O. Williams

I was so comfortable with my ballet power, my dancer power, that to have a voice, the comfort with having a voice, is slower to come to me.

Quotes by Wendy Whelan

As ballerinas, we don't use our voices. Our voice is the body and the movement quality.

Quotes by Wendy Whelan

At Julliard we had some voice classes. It was really just so you could carry a tune. It always just helps with your speaking voice also, when you connect your diaphragm and your breath.

Quotes by Wendell Pierce

Over the years my voice has been destroyed from excessive touring... and I love it.

Quotes by Wayne Static

I just wanna hear my own voice.

Quotes by Watkin Tudor Jones

I've been married to the same woman for forty years, and whenever people ask us how we managed to stay married for so long, we usually say as one voice, 'What's the secret? Don't get divorced!'

Quotes by Wavy Gravy

Frequently Asked Questions

What does "voice" mean in these quotes - singing, or something else?
Both. Some quotes use "voice" literally, as a singer's musical voice, while another uses it to mean speaking up for a group: "It has to connect in a real way with rank-and-file members and be their voice."
Is there a quote about musical influences shaping someone's voice?
Yes - one quote recalls loving an "extremely powerful, wild, improvisatory voice" as a teenager, naming Catherine Ribeiro, Michael Hurley, and Harry Nilsson among early influences.
Does anyone here doubt their own voice?
Yes - one quote is refreshingly honest about it, saying, "I don't think I have the voice for it," about wanting to make music that's "stunning or soul-baring."
Is there a lighter or more playful use of "voice" in this batch?
There is - one quote describes doing "this voice in this special segment" for a fun bit, finding it "so incredibly humorous" that they said yes and enjoyed it.
Where can I find more quotes like these?
Browse our Like quotes, Always quotes, Me quotes, or More quotes for related themes.

Some describe a voice discovered through music, others a voice used for representation or simply enjoyed for fun on screen. Explore Always quotes or More quotes for related themes.