Wynton Marsalis Quotes

I've always felt that the quality of the voice is where the real content of a song lies. Words only suggest an experience, but the voice is that experience.

I sing like a girl.

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

I sound like an old bullfrog when I sing.

How you use your voice is really important, and it's really driven by context more than anything else, and your tone of voice will immediately begin to impact somebody's mood and immediately how their brain functions.

The human voice is one of the most attractive things.

Watching somebody sing reveals a lot about character.

I studied other singers, so I would learn how to phrase, and learn how to breathe. And the main thing was, I learned how to inhabit my song.

I haven't even had to learn, but it's just this natural thing to be able to express any emotion I have through the tone of my voice.

Nobody knows I sing. Even though I've done Broadway musicals. I would only pick it over acting because it's such a pure form of emotional expression.

To be honest, I think I have a nice voice. A good voice... and I loved recording.

A voice and an accent are two very different things. The voice of a man is how he speaks from his heart, right in the middle of him... And then you stick an accent on top of that.

Either you can sing, or you can't.

I just really need to sing and sing and sing and not worry about writing. Just by singing for pleasure, your voice takes you to what it wants to sing. And that is how the best stuff kind of emerges.

My No. 1 piece of advice, especially for someone who's an actor-singer-dancer - a triple threat, they're called! - people say, 'What's the most important?' I always say acting. Without knowing why you're singing or what you're singing about, it's just noise. And without knowing why you're moving your body, it's just flailing of arms.

The point here is that I enjoyed singing. I enjoyed the rhythm of it. I grew up listening to Louis Prima, who was also rhythmic.

I try to sing every number to the best of my ability, and I am glad people like it. I believe every number is special with a soul of its own.

My voice is not good enough for me to sing a song.

I love 'Shadow' the most! The melody is awesome, and I really like how the lyrics express genuine emotions.

My first album was very eclectic and very soft as a vocal expression.

I can't hold a note. I tried a singing lesson, but my vocal coach kept giving me the stink eye.

Elvis's voice was unique. Like so many others, he had natural, technical ability, but there was something in the humanity of his voice, and his delivery.

I'm a flutist so I know what they can deliver in terms of texture and sound and blurriness and softness. It's a very soft instrument.

I have always safely relied on my voice modulations. It has never let me down.

I think I've learned a lot on the vocal side of things.