Jose Carreras Quotes

I can't sing.

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

Singing is all about certain inflection on certain lines. I used to listen to tapes of everybody from Michael Jackson and Prince to Earth, Wind and Fire. They would have different vocal inflections. If the line insinuated pain, they would cringe on some lines.

Sometimes I write notes that I have difficulty singing.

I can sing, but it takes an incredible amount of work for me to sound acceptable.

Saying certain letters without moving my mouth is tough... like B, P and W, you know.

I could read music and sing all the right notes at the right time. And over time, I literally found my voice, found a way to make sound.

Being in music forever, I have good pitch, so I know when I'm singing in or out of tune. But the key to really good singing is just relaxing and thinking about what the song is.

I never want to pick an easy song. I want to continue to challenge myself vocally.

I sing in full voice in the car and have a tendency to harmonize badly.

Yes, I am a good singer.

I can sing; I can hold a tune.

I have sung, but I haven't sung in any way that I would ever call myself 'a singer.'

Singing has never been particularly easy for me.

Singing beautiful melodies is one thing, but to deliver the text so that the people understand it, even in a foreign language, has to be worked at very hard.

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.

You don't have to have a great voice to sing, just a distinctive one. But make sure you say the words clearly and tell a story.

If you've got a good vibrato, you can get away with a lot.

I really want to sing, but my tone of voice is really too deep to do what I want.

When I started to record, I could sing in pitch, but that was maybe about it.

I really do think everybody can sing.

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

I love singing and I think I have a really nice voice, but I don't think I have an unbelievable singing voice. I think I have a great character voice.

If you ask me about vocal technique, I don't know anything. I could never be a teacher. I just know what my teacher told me: 'Always sing with a full voice. When they tell you, less sound, more piano - no.'

The human voice is the most beautiful instrument of all, but it is the most difficult to play.