Lisa Stansfield Quotes

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

I have not practiced how to be a singer without an instrument.

The human voice is the most beautiful instrument of all, but it is the most difficult to play.

It took me five years to learn how to sing.

If I could sing like a Chaka Khan, an Aretha, a Kim Burrell, if I could do all these amazing runs and belt it out, I would. I've attempted that, and it's not something anyone would want to hear.

The better voice doesn't mean being a better singer.

I truly wish I could sing.

I just wanted to show people - maybe I'm wrong - that I can still really sing. I can sing better than I ever have before. My intonation is way better, my timing, my phrasing - there's a lot more expression; I feel it's a more lived-in, soulful voice.

I took vocal lessons all through my childhood and still do. I was classically trained.

I love hard singing.

To sing in a lower key is harder work. You have to use your diaphragm more.

Anything that I can do with my voice that's good, I'll try to do.

The greatest musical instrument given to a human being is the voice.

I use my voice as an instrument.

I feel there are tone singers, and there are more vocal gymnastics singers. And I think that's amazing when people can do that, but I think there's room for the tone singers. And there aren't a lot of them.

I am still working on developing my voice. I am, I know, better as a coloratura singer than I was. It's a matter of strong breath control and yet making it sound as though it is the easiest thing in the world.

That's one thing you hear in my voice today. I could yodel from one octave to another octave. It always fascinated me.

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

The biggest thing is to just keep your voice in shape so that when the emotion hits, it's there to have the colors to paint those pictures with the lyrics as well as the sound.

Exene taught me how to bend my notes when I sing. That's her style. And I learned that from her.

Voice is the first instrument.

I started taking vocal lessons steadily. I started taking it seriously.

You have to get to know your voice and its strengths and play on those. It took me quite a long time.

When I was in the recording studio, I needed to concentrate on what my voice was doing, which is rather difficult if you can't actually see what you are supposed to be singing.

For one thing, I teach my students what my teacher for twenty years, Paul Gavert, told me, 'The voice follows... the voice follows everything about you... who you are.'