Shannon Lee Quotes

I'm not a trained singer at all. I've auditioned on occasion for proper musical theatre-type stuff, but I can't read music, and I wasn't particularly good at it.

I was classically trained in operetta from about age 4, I think.

I've studied classical singing, but not to a great extent.

I studied classical opera, so I was always singing in Italian and German and French.

I got into singing when I was 6.

Nobody inspired me more than Julie Andrews, who is a classically trained soprano herself.

Over the years, I was lucky; right from the beginning, I studied with a lady who had a lot of... she was a classical singer, and of course, they're a little bit more into, you know, preserving the voice, making sure your instrument is ready to perform.

I loved singing. But can you imagine my voice in an opera house?

I did classical singing at school. I did exams in that. I'd sing soprano, and we'd sing in German; we'd do Schubert for my pieces, in Latin, French... I really enjoyed that. I kind of miss it.

I do not support that everyone has to be a trained classical singer to be able to sing in films but some sort of knowledge in classical space can take you to places.

I started singing at the Met when I was seven, and the competition was so fierce that it really prepared me.

I love to sing. I'm a soprano.

Music and opera are a big part of my life.

Musicals are hard for me because I got thrown out of the glee club in high school, because I couldn't sing in tune at the time. I can sing in tune now, but I have to work really hard on it to make sure that I don't exercise one of my great talents, which is the ability to sing in three keys at the same time.

I started classical and operatic lessons when I was 8 and become an operatic singer and went to competition. I write my own music. A lot of the songs, growing up, I was into writing dark stories and poems, and one day I started putting melodies to them.

I studied voice at Yale with Blake Stern from the music school, and he had me singing German lieder and Italian songs.

When I became 16 I started thinking seriously about singing.

When I was 12 and started to take singing lessons from a woman, she told me that I would probably spend the rest of my life taking care of my voice.

I grew up singing since the age of three. Vocally trained since the age of eight. Fascinated by Mary Poppins and all those musical movies and really knew that I wanted to be a performer.

I think my great-grandpa was an opera singer or something.

Let's be clear: I love singing at the Met.

I have such happy memories of performing in a choir and I don't think I'd have got where I am today without all that experience. So my advice to young singers is to either join your school or church's choir or find one in your local area. Choral music at any level teaches you so much about musicianship and blending your voice.

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

I sing a mixture of everything from opera, folk music, Broadway. It's a mix of things.

I'm afraid of a cappella. I don't read music, and I have a hard time harmonizing. Basically, I'm a melody singer only.