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• I'm a musician. I play instruments. I dabble in the hip-hop field. That doesn't take vocal ability necessarily.

  Nick Cannon

  Play, Hip Hop, Musician

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

  David Brin

  Political, Empowering, Democracy

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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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• 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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• Relations between black and white would be greatly improved if we were more accepting of our fears and our feelings and more vocal about it.

  Sarah Silverman

  Black And White, Feelings, Would Be

  "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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• A lot of my male vocal influences are British - people like David Bowie, Freddie Mercury and Robert Plant.

  Adam Lambert

  People, Males, Mercury

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• I don't like people lying to me. I don't like people who don't return my calls. I don't like people who won't give me a straight answer. I don't like those kinds of people, and I've been vocal about it.

  Dan Aykroyd

  Lying, Giving, People

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• Whenever I'm home, I haven't got any makeup on. But even in the studio, before I do vocals, I put makeup on.

  Robert Smith

  Home, Makeup, Havens

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• When I listen to a song, I don't say, 'Oh my gosh, that vocal line she sang was the best thing I ever heard.' I'm thinking, 'That lyric just moves me. That lyric just said what I feel better than I could say it myself.'

  Taylor Swift

  Song, Moving, Feel Better

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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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• Because God gave you your makeup and superintended every moment of your past, including all the hardship, pain, and struggles, He wants to use your words in a unique manner. No one else can speak through your vocal cords, and, equally important, no one else has your story.

  Charles R. Swindoll

  Pain, Struggle, Unique

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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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• 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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• 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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• Dysphonia is not a singing problem. It's a voice box issue in the muscle on the voice, very different from having a nodule on the vocal cords, which I've never had. I'm lucky that I've never had that. It needs a long renewal time, and even today, I am still addressing it.

  Shania Twain

  Voice, Issues, Long

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

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• Michael Jackson carried urban America and eventually American society on his vocal cords for a good 25 to 30 years before even hip-hop became the vox populi of America, and then as an adult he shattered racial barriers.

  Michael Eric Dyson

  America, Years, Hip Hop

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• As far as vocal preparation goes, it's really an interesting thing for such a fragile instrument and using it properly is like walking a tightrope. I have learned not to do extensive warm-ups. It's really more of a cerebral mind-body connection Zen hippy thing, just knowing your body and figuring out if I do that then I will be able to speak tomorrow.

  Davey Havok

  Knowing, Interesting, Preparation

  Southern Courier, "The Daily Telegraph" Newspaper, February 2010.

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• Sometimes it's tough because I've got to sleep 15 hours to sing the way I want to. It's not easy because my vocal chords are different than most people's.

  Mariah Carey

  Sleep, People, Different

  Interview with Ingrid Sischyc, mariahcareynetwork.com. September 2007.

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• The first thing people look at with Four Seasons records is the vocals. But for me, the drum fills and rhythms are as much a part of it as anything. They're the base on which the harmonies were built.

  Bob Gaudio

  People, Four Seasons, Looks

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• Technology, publicity and sexuality have their place in music, but they are all subordinate to the pleasures and power of true vocal talent.

  Christopher John Farley

  Music, Technology, Publicity

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• I'm just as comfortable performing solo with just my acoustic guitar and vocal as I am with a band. The main thing for me is that the performance remain rooted in the words and voice, that there be no place to hide.

  Michael Gira

  Guitar, Voice, Band

  Interview with Michael Idov, pitchfork.com. May 22, 2005.

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• I went down to London with the idea that I was going to do vocals over this crazy, crazy trip-hop digital beat. Within two or three months, I heard Hunky Dory by David Bowie and that changed me in one way, and I realized what I actually wanted was to have an E Street Band - individuals, not session musicians.

  KT Tunstall

  Crazy, Ideas, Two

  "The Eyes Have It". Barnes & Noble Interview with David Sprague, web.archive.org. February 2006.

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• It does seem quite ironic to me that the very people who clearly have made no attempt to think for themselves are always the most vocal in demanding respect for their "ideas".

  Pat Condell

  Thinking, Ideas, People

  YouTube Channel "Pat Condell"/"The Trouble With Islam", www.youtube.com. March 16, 2007.

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