Richard Bonynge Quotes

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

Vocally, I have learned to find my strength, and my voice has developed a lot since 'Be Here.' I learned to sing with all of my body.

Speech lessons probably did more for my singing voice - they teach you breathing, resonance.

I am still working on developing my voice. I am, I know, better as a coloratura singer than I was. It's a matter of strong breath control and yet making it sound as though it is the easiest thing in the world.

As singers, we're always taught to sing forward and place everything in the front of our resonating chambers. Donna Summer always sang in that space and had it naturally. Her muscle memory, the way she was built - she was a natural singer.

You know, your speaking voice comes back, but your singing voice you use in a different way.

I bark my voice out through a closed throat, pretty much. It's more, perhaps, like a dog in some ways. It does have its limitations, but I'm learning different ways to keep it alive.

Your voice is like a very serious instrument that you have to tame if you want to be an amazing singer - Marvin Gaye or Michael Jackson.

My voice needed oiling, and then it took off.

There are some sounds that English singers find quite difficult to manipulate.

People often ask me how I developed my vocal sound, and the answer usually disappoints them: 'It's just the way I sound when I sing.'

The better voice doesn't mean being a better singer.

The voice is an instrument that you really must take time to develop. It's like a good red wine Give it time.

I thought everybody had falsetto. And since I wasn't a schooled singer who studied with anybody, I just thought anybody who had a voice could do anything they wanted with their voice.

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

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

I want to be able to sing like Whitney Houston did.

I always try to get to the point where I can do different things with my voice.

Maybe I was just born with a little bit of vocals or natural talent, but I feel like I taught myself. I just started taking vocal lessons to just work on my breathing, my vowels and stuff.

I don't push my voice; I try to keep a good technique, a natural way of singing, to sing from the breath, which is the main thing.

The biggest thing is to just keep your voice in shape so that when the emotion hits, it's there to have the colors to paint those pictures with the lyrics as well as the sound.

I've got more low notes than I had when I started.

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

If you can sing, you never lose your voice. If you don't know how to sing, your voice goes away because you sing from your throat.

To sing along with Stevie Wonder, you had to make your voice do things it was not accustomed to doing.