Daphne Guinness Quotes

When I sing full-on I use my whole body. I open my throat and let it fly out.

When I sing full voice, I get nervous because I get nasal and abrasive and a little scratchy.

Early on, I tried to sing, but sustaining a note was something I wasn't comfortable with. So I tried to get off of the note as soon as I could.

I can hold a note, but that's about it.

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.

I am a tenor buff. I hear myself.

I could read music and sing all the right notes at the right time. And over time, I literally found my voice, found a way to make sound.

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

If you've got a good vibrato, you can get away with a lot.

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

I don't push my voice; I try to keep a good technique, a natural way of singing, to sing from the breath, which is the main thing.

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

Don't ever take a dramatic lesson. They will try to put your voice in a dinner jacket, and people like their hominy and grits in everyday clothes.

I love to sing. I'm a soprano.

The human voice is the most perfect instrument of all.

Someone told me that you could learn to sing, and that there are muscles that if you build, you will sing.

For me and accent work, I think once you've figured out where that energy is, where the sound is in your throat or your mouth, it's a whole lot easier to do.

I know how to treat my voice to make it sound as good as it possibly can - which is still not that good.

I truly wish I could sing.

Vocally, I have learned to find my strength, and my voice has developed a lot since 'Be Here.' I learned to sing with all of my body.

You know, your speaking voice comes back, but your singing voice you use in a different way.

Singing is incredibly physical.

I know what I'm missing. I know what I have to work on. Coloratura. And I sing sharp sometimes. It happens when I'm nervous.

I think the fundamental part of my technique is my vibrato.

And in singing, what my voice lacked in quality it made up for in volume.