Vocal Quotes - Page 7

I pay such close attention of the record making process that most people would assume are very little and wouldn't be that big of a deal; the packaging, the title, and the harmonies, I think, are arguably as important as the lead vocals.

David Nail

Thinking, People, Important

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I have as many pictures of my vocal cords as I do of my children. I have a great ear, nose and throat doctor, and we look at them - if there's some redness, maybe I'll take a little time off.

Anita Baker

Children, Doctors, Looks

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Van Morrison is probably, at this point in time, my biggest influence as a vocalist. When we were making our last album I had a vinyl copy of 'Veedon Fleece' in the vocal booth in front of me, in the dorky sense. I think there were candles around, which is really tacky, but hey, I needed to channel Van the Man!

Nate Ruess

Men, Thinking, Tacky

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People who share the same language, French or Chinese or whatever, have the same vocal cords and emit sounds which are basically the same, as they come from the same throats and lungs.

Pierre Schaeffer

People, Chinese, Sound

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I usually prepare a track and then I work with the artist when it's time to do the vocals.

Babyface

Artist, Track

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There are so many different people that I've emulated vocally. In the rock world - Sebastian Bach, Vince Neil, Freddie Mercury, Robert Plant. They all had amazing vocal talent.

Fergie

Rocks, People, Different

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

Bob Seger

Strong, Blessed, Healthy

"Rock and Roll Never Forgets: An Interview With Bob Seger". Interview with Mike Ragogna, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 21, 2011.

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I think one of the things about writing in the studio is that the song hasn't matured, if you like, so quite often the vocals are early attempts. Whereas once you've taken it out on the road a bit, you learn more about a song.

Peter Gabriel

Song, Taken, Writing

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As soon as you get off stage, that's the most dangerous time for a singer to kiss people because your vocal chords are receptive to any kind of germ.

Anita Baker

Kissing, People, Singers

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Nine Inch Nails' sound is dominated by clanging synths and sardonic, shrieking vocals.

Michael Azerrad

Sound, Nails, Nine

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I went to Juilliard in New York and used to do cabarets just for fun. Occasionally, I would get together with a jazz musician and play at a restaurant for cash. And I've done some background vocals for recording artists.

Nicole Beharie

New York, Fun, Artist

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My dad was a soul fan and a singer himself, and he loved vocal harmony, stuff like the Beach Boys and Motown like the Four Tops, which was a big influence on me.

Katy B

Beach, Dad, Boys

"Katy B: Soundtrack of my life" by Luke Bainbridge, www.theguardian.com. April 23, 2011.

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My vocal style is called bel canto, which is an old Italian vocal style going back hundreds of years.

Sebastian Bach

Italian, Years, Style

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It's always a pleasure when you can compose guitar parts from a strong vocal and not just put the melody on top of guitar riffs.

Wes Borland

Strong, Guitar, Pleasure

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There's not a day that I don't work on vocals, have vocal coaches, go to acting classes, read books.

Aaron Carter

Book, Class, Acting

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The development of new instrumental and vocal idioms has been one of the remarkable phenomena of recent music.

George Crumb

Development, Instrumental Music, Remarkable

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And singing is a physical thing - your vocal cords are these muscles.

Micky Dolenz

Singing, Muscles, Vocal Cords

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But as far as dream roles - I know this is so expected of me, but I would to play Elphaba in 'Wicked' on Broadway. I have a lot of dream roles, but that's like my main one because of the vocal track. I love belting high things!

Ariana Grande

Dream, Love Is, Play

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I would start seeing, in just the sense I was saying now, the kind of record it was going to be and what the arrangement demands, and what my vocal part should be in the record. This was all emerging as the song was emerging.

Art Garfunkel

Song, Records, Demand

Interview with Paul Zollo for The Song Talk, www.artgarfunkel.com. 1990.

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When I was six years old my friend was auditioning for 'Annie,' and I decided I wanted to audition with her. My mom was worried I would fall flat on my face because I'd never opened my mouth to sing, so she sent me to vocal lessons. I did the audition and fell in love with the entire process of a show.

Jacqueline Emerson

Mom, Fall, Years

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All my vocals were recorded at home, which was great for me. You can actually have a studio in a computer program called ProTools. I did half the record with ProTools.

David Coverdale

Home, Records, Half

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I was very inspired by my mother. She was a vocal teacher and sang in a band, and my first memories of her were going out with her on the local circuit.

Daryl Hall

Mother, Teacher, Memories

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The music I want to hear in my head sounds somewhere between Jimi Hendrix and Massive Attack. It's not really like my dad, but there will always be similarities because we have the same vocal cords, and I learnt the guitar the way he taught me.

Dhani Harrison

Dad, Guitar, Sound

Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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For a young band about to make a record, make sure you get the vocals right.

Jerry Harrison

Band, Records, Young

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Anyone you give a ton of money to is going to go slightly crazy. I don't think comedians are particularly special in that regard; they just are better or more vocal in their expressions of their craziness.

Nick Kroll

Crazy, Thinking, Expression

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