Lindsay Mendez Quotes

I know that I can sing really loud. It's like having that really big Evinrude engine on the back of your fishing boat. But I've been trying to be more dynamic with my voice, and not just singing on 10 all of the time out of terror.

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.

My own singing voice is not very good and I don't think that anybody really sings in their own voice.

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

I don't think I'm a singer that likes to flex my vocals. I'll do some runs and a bunch of high notes, but that's it. I really pride myself and I really work on just trying to sing. Like emotions. Just using my voice, not doing anything extra.

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

David Phelps has an uncanny ability to sound full and powerful on every part of his range and sing with so much emotion.

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

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.'

I've never had a very quiet voice. I tried in choir to make it smaller, and it just didn't work out. And I listened to a lot of soul music when I was growing up on my own accord. But I was mostly into Mama Cass and Gladys Knight, and they all had big voices too; just different than mine.

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

Right now, my voice is better than ever. It changed. I have better low notes than I had before.

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.

Singing is incredibly physical.

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

I love hard singing.

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.

Yes, I am a good singer.

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

I sing like a girl.

As much as I appreciate people putting me in the category of these very acrobatic belters, I feel like my strength is my... interpretation and my truthfulness with songs, and I don't want young people to think it's all about the high notes that they have to hit.

I watched Mark Rylance in the Broadway revival of 'La Bete,' and it knocked my socks off. The complete commitment, passion, and unbridled enjoyment in every moment of what he was doing was overwhelming.

I use my voice as an instrument.

Always sing below your potential.

I focus a lot on my voice because I want it to be an instrument as well. I want my voice to add color.