Sam Elliott Quotes

I don't hate my voice. I'm just not an Adele.

Yes, I am a good singer.

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

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.'

My singing voice isn't like my speaking voice.

I sing like a girl.

I have a pretty lousy voice.

I think it's a given that people know what I can do vocally.

I don't know if vocally I am so great.

I think I'm a vocal genius, not a musical genius. I like background vocals. I consider myself a voice, not a singer. A voice is a sound, and singing is what you do with that sound.

I love singing with my mouth open. And I'm actually able to sing even better that way.

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

I just wanted to show people - maybe I'm wrong - that I can still really sing. I can sing better than I ever have before. My intonation is way better, my timing, my phrasing - there's a lot more expression; I feel it's a more lived-in, soulful voice.

Yeah, I'm just blessed to have this very strong thing, my vocals. I'm very healthy in that regard.

I cannot switch my voice. My voice is not like an elevator going up and down.

I use my voice as an instrument.

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.

I'm very lucky in the sense that I've got a voice that's distinctive. Not good, but distinctive. That's a very useful thing to have in this business. I'm glad on the one hand that I've got it, but I wish it was more powerful. I wish I had a greater range. I wish it was more accurate at times.

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

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

I'm just about the best singer I know, and it's time for everybody to say that. I have total facility with my voice. And for some weird reason, critics don't talk about it.

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.

I was blown away by the control and the range that I was hearing. I'm listening to Pavarotti and thinking, What the hell have I been doing with my voice all these years?

For singers, our singing voice is our natural voice, not the speaking.

I sing a little bit, yeah. But I sing very poorly.