Vocal Quotes - Page 6

• Everyone's [ me, Iain Cook and Martin Doherty] equally involved in all the writing. Normally we'll start with a sample or a drumbeat, or a synth sound or something like that, and that will spark the initial idea. And then we'll write an instrumental sketch of a song, and then we put on a nonsense vocal melody, which is always my favourite bit because it obviously sounds amazing.

  Lauren Mayberry

  Song, Writing, Ideas

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• It's not like you're being fake, it's just the way you color it, like a guitar player uses pedals or different effects. That's why I get so mad about people who are down on vocal reverb. It's not a crutch, people, it's an aesthetic choice!

  Kelly Hogan

  Player, Guitar, Color

  Source: therumpus.net

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• I was able to apply ukulele to whatever I'm trying to write. It's become part of songwriting for me, the knowledge I gained from hearing the melodies come out, and then applying that to guitar or vocals.

  Eddie Vedder

  Writing, Guitar, Ukulele

  Source: www.twofeetthick.com

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• You have to be intelligent. You have to know what other guys are doing because you're in the back end and you see everything, so you have to alert others what to be ready for, and that makes it easier on everyone. It's just like playing offense, but now you're the quarterback of the defense, and you need to be vocal and take on that leadership responsibility. If you do, everything else becomes easier.

  Calvin Pryor

  Responsibility, Intelligent, Guy

  Source: www.nfl.com

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• Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't. But while I'm doing vocal in a studio, I can't stand it.

  Ginuwine

  Sometimes, Studios, I Can

  Source: www.parlemag.com

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• Being a perfectionist, I didn't want to settle for just getting by, so I enrolled in a vocal training program. I then learned that songwriting and studying the voice actually pair with a lot of troubles that I had expressing myself, being vulnerable, trusting other people, trusting myself, calming anxiety. It became a life instructor of sorts and that is what kept me engaged with it.

  Alyson Stoner

  Voice, People, Anxiety

  Source: www.nerdprobs.com

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• I get really worried, like if they say, 'Take vocal lessons,' or something because it's kind of like I used to really love to draw when I was a kid and then I took like an art class - because everyone said, 'Oh, you're so good, you should take a class and maybe you can be really good,' and then I went to the class and then they showed me how to use a ruler and perspective and all this stuff and it totally made me not want to do it at all.

  Eddie Vedder

  Art, Kids, Class

  Source: www.billboard.com

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• As Muslims, we must have an active presence based on ethical and moral consistency. We need to be very vocal, to inform people, to demonstrate when necessary. We need to write so that the people understand that what they are getting from the media and politicians is biased and not accurate. And this is true especially when it comes to some communities within the U.S. or with respect to the Middle East and Africa. This is what I am expecting from a new generation of leaders: Meet these expectations of moral consistency.

  Tariq Ramadan

  Writing, Media, Expectations

  "Tariq Ramadan: My Absence Would Certainly Be The Most Powerful Speech I Have Ever Given At ISNA". The Islamic Monthly Interview, www.theislamicmonthly.com. August 14, 2014.

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• When I sort of step in my jazz world, it's somewhere between instrumental jazz and vocal jazz.

  Jose James

  World, Steps, Jazz

  Source: revive-music.com

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• I have to get way more vocal and become a little bit less mysterious.

  Madonna Ciccone

  Littles, Way, Mysterious

  Source: www.harpersbazaar.com

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• I actually studied Indian classical vocal music.

  Jill Stein

  Vocal Music, Indian

  "Off Message" with Glenn Thrush, www.politico.com. September 19, 2016.

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• I never took any kind of vocal lessons or teachings of how to - I never even took piano lessons. And a voice just came to me and said, go play the piano in the church.

  Sharon Jones

  Teaching, Play, Voice

  "Soul Singer Sharon Jones: 'The Cancer Is Here, But I Want To Perform'". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. September 5, 2016.

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• It's the emotion...each word has got a connotation and symbolism and the thing is finding what's behind the word-what meaning it has and what emotion. I'm really into vocal repetition as a definite art form.

  Van Morrison

  Art, Symbolism, Emotion

  Interview with Ritchie Yorke, ritchieyorke.com. April 21.

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• I had more of a vocal range. If you wanted to play a keyboard song, like "Love Walks In," I can do it.

  Sammy Hagar

  Song, Play, Like Love

  Interview with Steven Hyden, www.avclub.com. April 5, 2011.

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• I can play a song for somebody, and when certain parts come on, I cringe. I might not like my vocal or the way I sang a certain word. Playing intimate shows is when I feel the most vulnerable; you can hear and see everything. Those are the most rewarding as well.

  T. Mills

  Song, Play, Might

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• I could definitely rock out to Kraftwerk's "Tour De France," Tubeway Army, or Gary Numan. All of that stuff has an infectious beat, but with "Oh Yeah," I can't even identify what's going on. It sounds like typewriter keys, a couple of synth notes and then this really deep "Oh yeah," which I always picture as Andre The Giant on vocals.

  Margaret Cho

  Couple, Army, Keys

  "Margaret Cho on why Yello’s “Oh Yeah” reminds her of sex clubs and John Hughes". Interview with Drew Fortune, www.avclub.com. March 2, 2016.

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• I'm very aware that pro wrestling fans can be some of the most vocal and passionate and descriptive about how they feel when it comes to pro wrestling. So I'm totally fine with how fans talk about how they feel, cause if they're not allowed to voice how they feel, then what's the point of being a wrestling fan. You gotta know what you like and what you do't like and that's fine.

  Adam Cole

  Wrestling, Voice, Causes

  Source: 411mania.com

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• The irony is that I don't think we took a step backwards to make 'Group Therapy'. I think we took a step forward because it's a lot more complicated to make that kind of album. I think that album was far more produced than 'American Apathy', and it had a lot more harmony vocals and lots of intricate parts musically speaking.

  Brian Ebejer

  Thinking, Steps, Groups

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• My father has a beautiful, beautiful voice. His father was a pastor of a church. He sang in church. My mother sang in a church choir. I can take no credit for my vocal talent, because, both my father, and mother have beautiful, beautiful voices.

  Deniece Williams

  Beautiful, Mother, Father

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• That was an idea of the record company, and also that was my first album after MCA and we wanted to come back with a strong album that would be noticed. If we put the vocals by very talented people and very meaningful songs, then the vocals would be a platform so that I could be noticed again. All of the MCA albums were just loaded with problems -- you know, the right musicians, the engineers. The record company would say 'You have to make music for black radio, you can't do what you have been doing with The Crusaders.' Everybody was telling me that was over, finished, done.

  Joe Sample

  Meaningful, Song, Strong

  Interview with Pete Fogel, steelydanreader.com. October 1992.

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• People often ask me how I developed my vocal sound, and the answer usually disappoints them: Its just the way I sound when I sing.

  Michael Franks

  People, Sound, Answers

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• I've read and heard that some of the most inspiring vocal interpreters adhere habitually to one rule: Always think the lyrics as you're singing them, so that the sentiment is always appropriate and heartfelt.

  Brandi Carlile

  Thinking, Heartfelt, Singing

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• I actually produced other people's vocals for a long time when I first signed my publishing deal and I had just sort of decided that I only wanted to be a writer. I would be in all of these writing sessions, and a lot of times my publisher would say, "You should get a demo singer to sing it because then it doesn't identify as a Solange song."

  Solange Knowles

  Song, Writing, Long

  "Solange Knowles On Nas, Juvenile And Dance Moves". Interview with Frannie Kelley, www.wbur.org. February 12, 2014.

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• You don't have to be doing vocal acrobatics or singing all over the scale to have soul.

  Mariah Carey

  Soul, Singing, Acrobatics

  "Q&A WITH MARIAH CAREY: "My Whole Life I've Been Going for This Goal". Interview with Richard Cromelin, articles.latimes.com. November 23, 1993.

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• I have always considered myself a fast learner. I try to retain and absorb as much information and knowledge about the [music] business as I can. I don't want to just sit back and have other people do the hard work for me. I try to be involved in every process of my career as possible. I run my own social media, record, and try to vocal produce myself as much as possible, write my own songs, style myself, and learn the business side. If I didn't do acting or music, I was going to school for business. God has put me on this path and I can honestly say I wake up every day doing what I love.

  Asher Monroe

  Running, Song, School

  Source: www.justjared.com

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