Cynthia Erivo Quotes

I don't take care of my voice at all, which is one reason that I sound as bad as I do.

I do a lot of vocal hygiene.

I don't sing anything that hurts my voice.

It's so important to me to take care of my voice. I do a lot of vocal warms-ups right before I go on.

Seventy per cent humidity is ideal for vocal cords.

You can't treat your voice badly and expect it to stay around.

There is one thing I should say, and it's important: Young Broadway singers and anybody who is an orator of any kind - lawyers who have to speak in court or pastors or anyone who has a lot of stress on their vocal cords: You should do the maintenance. You should do whatever it takes to feel fresh and good.

Some artists just ruin their voices because they don't know any better.

I take care of my voice. I don't go to loud discos where I have to shout; I don't have iced drinks.

You have to be so careful with your voice, especially when you're using it every day.

Well, I've been lucky. I've never gotten a voice polyp. I've never gotten nodes. But I do get sick, usually every tour, and to varying degrees. Sometimes it's a sinusitis.

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.

Well, I don't think a specific role can destroy your voice. What can destroy your voice is when you... make an error. Everybody can make an error. But then you need to realize what is your way.

I've had problems with my throat over the years, playing with loud bands for years, and I've had bruised vocal chords and nodules.

Along the way, everyone's been saying, 'Make sure you take care of your voice because you're going to want to do it the rest of your life.' And it's absolutely true.

The first thing I will say about looking after your voice is get a pair of in-ear monitors because one of the most common problems singers have is trying to hear themselves on stage.

I find that touring keeps your voice in great shape.

I feel like the kindest thing that I do to my voice is sing.

I try not to talk during the day when I have a show that night. My voice is my instrument, just like a saxophonist's instrument is his saxophone, plus also his voice, if he's the one between tunes that makes announcements.

If I go three days without vocalizing, the voice is gone.

I take care of my voice; I'm working out the way I would do my body, so that stays in shape.

I know how to treat my voice to make it sound as good as it possibly can - which is still not that good.

Sometimes a role might be difficult on my throat.

About 10 years ago, I took some vocal lessons. I'll bet that helped. I got a tape of exercises that the girl gave me, which I don't do anymore, but they were good. And I don't smoke.

I don't really strain my voice.