Nick Fradiani Quotes

I'm under no illusion. There are lots of male singers out there with raspy voices.

I want to be able to sing like Whitney Houston did.

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.

I thought everybody had falsetto. And since I wasn't a schooled singer who studied with anybody, I just thought anybody who had a voice could do anything they wanted with their voice.

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

I've never been into the typical R&B voice, with runs and bluesy sounding words. That doesn't suit me.

As a vocalist, I can scream, and I've got a really good singing voice, but I can't do the really heavy vocals.

Boy George always told me to stop noodling; he wanted me to belt like Ethel Merman.

I was blown away by Steve Perry's voice - you know, his amazing ability to change from a lambing voice to rock.

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

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

To sing along with Stevie Wonder, you had to make your voice do things it was not accustomed to doing.

I believe I can sing anything.

I truly wish I could sing.

I never took any vocal training.

I think the voice is an underrated instrument these days and it's easy to make up for lack of ability with effects. I think sometimes people are more wowed with effects than core craftsmanship. Strong voices are not as common as they used to be.

With classical singing you have to put out so much air - you project, you emit force.

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

A lot of people when they try to sing Skid Row songs, they're screaming and yelling too much. It's more singing than screaming.

I don't have a great voice or even a good voice.

I think I'm a soulful singer.

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

What you find with singers, no matter where they're from, if they have any kind of an accent, the accent tends to disappear when they sing.

I want to sing like Aretha Franklin. Before her I wanted the technical ability of Ella Fitzgerald.

I think it's a given that people know what I can do vocally.