Vocal Quotes - Page 2

• My vocal cords lived their own life, wild and free.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Wild And Free, Vocal Cords, Cords

  Robert A. Heinlein (2013). “Double Star”, p.10, Hachette UK

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• In some corner of the world they are probably still holding regular meetings of the Flat Earth Society. We derive no comfort because important people, vocal people, or great numbers of people agree with us. Nor do we derive comfort if they don't.

  Warren Buffett

  Numbers, People, Important

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• The vocal arrangements are a big part of the formula for a Bad Religion song - layered harmonies and background vocals. So when I start to describe the elements of Bad Religion's sound, it starts to sound like a Christmas choir.

  Greg Graffin

  Song, Sound, Elements

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• Words reduce reality to something the human mind can grasp, which isn’t very much. Language consists of five basic sounds produced by the vocal cords. They are the vowels a, e, i, o, u. The other sounds are consonants produced by air pressure: s, f, g, and so forth. Do you believe some combination of such basic sounds could ever explain who you are, or the ultimate purpose of the universe, or even what a tree or stone is in its depth?

  Eckhart Tolle

  Spiritual, Believe, Reality

  Eckhart Tolle (2006). “A New Earth (Oprah #61): Awakening to Your Life's Purpose”, p.31, Penguin

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• A giraffe has a black tongue twenty-seven inches long and no vocal cords. A giraffe has nothing to say. He just goes on giraffing.

  Robert Fulghum

  Long, Black, Twenties

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• For some reason, the most vocal Christians among us never mention the Beatitudes (Matthew 5). But, often with tears in their eyes, they demand that the Ten Commandments be posted in public buildings. And of course, that's Moses, not Jesus. I haven't heard one of them demand that the Sermon on the Mount, the Beatitudes, be posted anywhere. "Blessed are the merciful" in a courtroom? "Blessed are the peacemakers" in the Pentagon? Give me a break!

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Christian, Jesus, Blessed

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• I record stuff all the time, like little vocal things. I write random things down... Sometimes I just get things stuck in my head and I record them, and that actually becomes a song quite a lot of the time.

  Ellie Goulding

  Song, Writing, Random Things

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Crying is really bad for your vocal cords.

  Adele

  Cry, Vocal Cords, Cords

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I've always been singing. Since day one. I started doing musical theater and you have to sing in musical theater and so that's where I got most of my training. So singing on stage, you just inevitably, when you're around other vocal artists, you get better at singing.

  Zac Efron

  Artist, Singing, Musical

  "All New Q&A with Zac Efron". Interview with Audrey Fine, www.seventeen.com. June 2, 2006.

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• I've never taken vocal lessons. My early trumpet training and a fortunate talent for singing has always been enough for me. In the case of rock singing, I've always felt it was better to remain a bit untrained to maintain your individuality.

  Ronnie James Dio

  Taken, Rocks, Individuality

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I feel there are tone singers, and there are more vocal gymnastics singers. And I think that's amazing when people can do that, but I think there's room for the tone singers. And there aren't a lot of them.

  Zooey Deschanel

  Gymnastics, Thinking, People

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• Only a knowledgeable, empowered and vocal citizenry can perform well in democracy.

  David Brin

  Political, Empowering, Democracy

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• I have to have lemon and honey. I have to have apple cider vinegar, Braggs. And I have to have either Red Vines or Twizzlers. These things, you know, are the things that help my vocal performance.

  Mary J. Blige

  Apples, Vines, Cider

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• Seventy per cent humidity is ideal for vocal cords.

  Bjork

  Humidity, Cents, Vocal Cords

  "Björk: what inspires me" by Rebecca Nicholson, www.theguardian.com. May 3, 2012.

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• I've watched and learnt from DJs and remixers and paid way more attention to how I want my voice to sound. Before, as long as it was loud and in tune it was fine. I've discovered the difference made by various microphones and effects, so each track has a different vocal sound, my voice is woven into everything and it's above everything.

  Ellie Goulding

  Voice, Differences, Long

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• In opera tradition, when opera die-hard fans, there is a replacement of singer or singer wasn't at his or hers vocal best, doing something, they boo. Especially now that they pay hundreds of dollars for the ticket.

  Mikhail Baryshnikov

  Tickets, Fans, Dollars

  "Dancer-actor Mikhail Baryshnikov". "The Tavis Smiley show" with Tavis Smiley, www.pbs.org. April 10, 2012.

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• I leave for the show at least an hour ahead, and I do some vocal warm-ups, and that's pretty much it.

  Joan Jett

  Hours, Shows, Warm

  "Women in Music: Joan Jett". Interview With Candice Rainey, www.elle.com. June 15, 2009.

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• Shut up, already. Just once, could I get a demon with no vocal cords? (Anonymous) At least they’re not puking on us this time. (Wynter) Small favor that. (Anonymous)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Favors, Shut Up, Demon

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• The only reason I don't kill him," he remember the woman saying, her voice sounding like the scrape of iron against iron, a corrosion of vocal cords, "is because he's not important enough.

  Frank Beddor

  Voice, Iron, Important

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• I think any song should sound good just played on a solitary instrument with the vocal. If you have those basics you have all you need. The production then just polishes that idea into the finished thing.

  Gary Numan

  Song, Thinking, Ideas

  "Gary Numan answers your questions" by Adam Boult, www.theguardian.com. November 30, 2012.

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• And I loved Fats Waller. I love his instrumental abilities, his vocal abilities and his sense of humor.

  Paul McCartney

  Sense Of Humor, Fats, Ability

  "Paul McCartney Blows 'Kisses' To His Father's Era". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. March 29, 2012.

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• There have to be people who are vocal about the advancement of knowledge over faith.

  Seth MacFarlane

  People, Advancement

  "Hungover with Seth MacFarlane". Interview with Stacey Grenrock Woods, www.esquire.com. August 18, 2009.

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• When you are in the studio, you don't have anybody to feed off of; meanwhile, when you are playing live, you interact with people and you feel the energy in the room. When the crowd is going crazy, that definitely impacts your vocal performance. I prefer to sing live.

  Marina and the Diamonds

  Crazy, Impact, People

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• Puffy produced four of the tracks on the album. Those are the four songs that are collaborations between Puffy and me. And he gives me my space to work even when we work together, like with my producer and my vocal coach.

  Jennifer Lopez

  Song, Space, Track

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• I definitely have my opinions that I'm very vocal about and I'm not afraid to put them out there.

  Adam Lambert

  Opinion, Not Afraid

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