Ella Henderson Quotes

I'm lucky that I have a deep, strong voice naturally, and the rest of it I just worked on as far as confidence and projecting myself.

I'm trying to get better at singing. I just want to be great vocally on stage so I can give fans a real show, like Jazmine Sullivan does.

When I first started singing - before 'Treat Me Like Fire' when I was working with a vocal coach - I realized that I wasn't even breathing when I was singing.

I'm not a good enough singer to pull off the effect.

You have to get to know your voice and its strengths and play on those. It took me quite a long time.

You have to contort your body in a certain way to hit a low note. When you're on film, you can't. So you do, in a sense, get to hide behind your voice, which is nice.

I have a pretty lousy voice.

You do have to be a bit careful with your voice. It is an instrument.

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

There's no half-singing in the shower, you're either a rock star or an opera diva.

Opera singers, we're not muscle men; you have to be careful about your work.

I'm slowly working up the courage to sing in front of other people, but I can carry a tune. I do some mean karaoke.

That's right, I take vocal lessons - done it for years. There's nothing wrong with it.

Temperament and tightness often go together. But if you're tight, you can't sing. So I have to have that tension in my body but not in my voice.

I could probably use some tips from a vocal trainer or something about breathing, but we all know it's not about technical prowess.

On the first recording, I wasn't singing out that much; I was shy with my singing.

I've been doing that song ["Live Wire"] on my own for years, so no, I'm not worried about [high notes] at all.

I use singing as a warm-up before big scenes I have to do on set. It's also great to make people less nervous.

Playing in front of a crowd is something you learn. You accept it and then you start to relish it.

When I started out in stand-up, I was already used to speaking in front of people, how to project, control my voice - a lot of learning curves I had overcome.

There's something about us as stand-ups that when we're on our feet, we feel more in control of the situation and in control of our bodies and our delivery.

I learned all I have to do is sing the best music I know how and put on the best show I know how and just relax with it and people enjoy it.

Performing is the one time I don't have anxiety - surprisingly, right?

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

I've really improved, I think, as far as just being able to get up onstage with my guitar and sing.