Gregory Harrison Quotes

As much as I appreciate people putting me in the category of these very acrobatic belters, I feel like my strength is my... interpretation and my truthfulness with songs, and I don't want young people to think it's all about the high notes that they have to hit.

But I was singing loud, and most singers weren't singing loud.

You know, when I did 'American Idol' the three times, I tried to tell these kids you have to tell the story of the lyric.

I love acting because it's empowering. It empowers me.

I was the lead singer in a lot of the bands I was in. You have to be comfortable. You gotta get up there and sell the song. You have to get up there and sell the lyric. You gotta be able to feel it.

I can't sing, like, I can't saaang. I'm no Luther! That to me is singing. Being able to hit a note doesn't mean you can sing.

I love my lecture tours. I get up onstage. I have my stack of books and a glass of water and a microphone. No podium, no distance between me and the audience, and I just talk to people and get all excited and tell a lot of jokes, and sing some songs, and read from my work and remind people how powerful they are and how beautiful they are.

I think I'm a soulful singer.

You know, I think you have to sound right singing whatever it is that you sing.

I liked theatre because I could hide behind a role I was playing, but now, I just love being on stage. I don't pretend that I'm anyone else, I just show my full range when I am up there, and it's very liberating.

You want to have a feeling when you sing that you just love singing; you love the feeling of singing, and you love this feeling of this voice coming out of your body into this world. It's about really getting that most beautiful, pure, centered tone, thinking about the story of each song and the lyrics, and connecting your own life to that story.

I've been singing since I was a kid, but I take my voice a lot more personally than my acting. I feel a lot more personal criticism when somebody tells you that you don't have a good voice.

Singing is something I love to do. I feel very confident doing it.

Singing involves a great deal of psychology.

Performing as a musician is a lot different than performing as an actor. As an actor, you can hide behind the character in the play, and there's a director and other actors. When you're a musician, you're right there. It's sort of like being a comedian. You're giving the audience in real time something authentic from yourself. As an actor, my bullshit meter was going off like crazy at my first attempts to find my own rock star.

For me the voice is the most important, but making your singing believable makes a great performer.

I love acting and really taking on another person, another life.

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've always loved to sing.

Singing is about telling a story. When you are onstage, you get to be your own self... When acting, you're someone else.

I'm not saying that I am all of my characters, but for me to bring a character to life, you've got to be able to find your own truth.

I love playing in front of people. I feel powerful, 'cause I don't have to really say anything - I'm just singing.

I truly wish I could sing.

I really love singing.

I'm not a very good singer. I just know how to present a song, and honey, I think I've been through enough to do it right.