Gary Numan Quotes

Oh, you wouldn't want to hear me sing.

I'm not actually even a very good singer. I'm not.

I'm not that much of a singer.

I just don't think I'm a very good singer.

I am not the worst singer.

There are a lot of people who would laugh at the idea of me being a good singer.

I'm never the best singer in the world.

I mean, I sing. But I don't think I'm a good enough singer to do any kind of musical.

I always thought I was a singer, but I really am not.

Mere bashfulness without merit is awkwardness.

I've always been insecure about my singing. That's why I've focused so much on my songwriting.

I am never going to sound like Johnny Mathis.

I never thought of myself as a good singer.

I wish I could sing. I don't technically have a terrible voice, but it's certainly not as good as most of my friends. Whenever I hear myself on a record, it just reminds me I'm not a very good singer.

I don't even think my voice is really good.

I was too shy, I think, to sing publicly. It takes a particular kind of person. And when I was young, I was not that person. In the first instance, when a record company said to me, do you want to try and make your record, my first reaction was, no, I'm not worthy - I couldn't possibly, and so on and so forth.

I'm not the best singer.

I guess I don't take compliments well.

I'm really bad at self-promotion.

When I was younger, I never wanted to rehearse because I thought that someone would figure out I don't know what I'm doing.

There are times when I think I can sing it better, but usually I find that I can't.

I knew I could sing but I always thought everyone could sing, that everyone was born with a singing voice. Even when I was getting interest from singing, I just thought 'what about all these guys?' Yes, I can sing, I have a good voice but there's so many people that can and do.

When you're working with music that is invariably better than you are, it's difficult to become swell-headed.

I've always been a singer, but I don't know if I was always a natural performer.

The biggest insecurity I had was my singing. Even though I had sold 70 million records, there was this feeling like, I'm not good at this.