Shania Twain Quotes

I've been diagnosed with what's called vocal tension dysphonia. The muscles around my vocal chords kind of constrict my vocal chords from doing what they should do. It's kinda like being a body builder and you have muscles that are so large that they don't allow you to have flexibility, if that makes sense.

I had an explosion on my vocal chord.

I've had cysts on my vocal chords.

I have vocal trouble from time to time associated with sleep or wine! Or from sleeping in a bunk the size of a coffin and breathing in bus air conditioning all day.

During my New York run, I injured my voice badly. I was getting increasingly hoarse, and it finally gave up. The doctor said I had two choices. Either cancel things, or try my luck and perhaps never speak again. That's not much of a choice.

I've been singing properly every day since I was about fifteen or sixteen, and I have never had any problems with my voice, ever. I've had a sore throat here and there, had a cold and sung through it, but that day it just went while I was onstage in Paris during a radio show. It was literally like someone had pulled a curtain over it.

I think that if my voice for some reason changes - because your voice does change - then it's time for me not to sing.

My voice was left with its husky sound after surgery on large vocal nodules.

The most famous rumor for me is that I had throat cancer. I never had throat cancer... I don't know why that started... The way I sing, probably.

Many composers today don't know what the human throat is.

There is one thing I should say, and it's important: Young Broadway singers and anybody who is an orator of any kind - lawyers who have to speak in court or pastors or anyone who has a lot of stress on their vocal cords: You should do the maintenance. You should do whatever it takes to feel fresh and good.

I've had problems with my throat over the years, playing with loud bands for years, and I've had bruised vocal chords and nodules.

You have to be so careful with your voice, especially when you're using it every day.

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

I lost my voice. I'd never had to cancel a show before and I had to walk around with a pad and a pen, writing things down.

One day I promised God that if he would give me my voice back I would never smoke again. I got three octaves back after quitting.

You can't abuse your voice by yelling and screaming.

Crying is really bad for your vocal cords.

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

I try to be cognisant of when and how and what I eat and get as much rest as I possibly can, as that helps the vocal cords.

I had throat surgery. We had to check that out and make sure it wasn't cancerous. I had a polyp on my vocal cord, so I had that taken out.

People don't realize it, but you've got to take care of it. The vocal cord is the smallest muscle in the body, and it gets more use than any other muscle.

I had really bad polyps on my vocal cords, and I've had them since I was a kid, but the bulimia made it 10 times worse. They were bleeding constantly, and it was straining on my voice. And just the lack of nutrition - my vocal cords couldn't keep up because I was so unhealthy.

When my voice breaks, it recovers automatically. I don't do anything special to maintain my voice. I have a natural voice and don't have to take care of it.

You know, your voice can only last for so long. It's a muscle and when you get older it sort of fades away.