Alexander Chee Quotes

Growing up, just singing in bands, I didn't have the same kind of voice as everyone else.

Truly to sing, that is a different breath.

I was a boy soprano. I had a natural kind of voice and then trained it after my voice changed.

I never thought of myself as a good singer.

I had been singing since I was 3 years old, so my love of singing was always there.

I was a born singer.

I never was a very good singer.

When I was a young man, I was a baritone, very far from possessing the whole range of the tenor then.

I'm very lucky in the sense that I've got a voice that's distinctive. Not good, but distinctive. That's a very useful thing to have in this business. I'm glad on the one hand that I've got it, but I wish it was more powerful. I wish I had a greater range. I wish it was more accurate at times.

The short answer is, yes, I think I have become a better singer.

Sometimes I think the choir gets a little ticked with me because I haven't sung in a long time and I can sing.

I started singing the second I could utter sound.

I wonder what it would have been like if I could actually sing.

I only know acting. But had I learnt singing earlier, I would have become a singer.

I used to sing as a kid, but it was quite squeaky. I think I was about 19 or 20, and we used to go to these jam sessions and open mics. I just got the courage to sing one day. I don't think anyone expected it to sound like that.

I am actually a soprano. No one knows this.

I've always been singing. Ever since I can remember, I've been singing.

When I play the trumpet, I'm in a different character.

If you're going to go the way of 'American Idol,' then you better be able to do what you want musically, because just going for the fame will only keep you happy for so long.

Being a backup singer means being able to sing on a dime. Music is oozing out of their every pore.

I had been in a professional boys' choir, and as a boy soprano, you're aware that your voice has an expiration date.

I've always been talented, always been able to sing or remember a song after hearing it one time.

Around age 38, there was a slight change to my voice, and very much in the center. That made it possible to start thinking about certain roles: Guillaume Tell, Romeo, Edgardo. These roles require a fuller center.

I sound like an old bullfrog when I sing.

It seems like I've always been singing, at least since I was 5.