Lou Barlow Quotes

I have a very nice voice.

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.

I really have shaken hands with where my voice is right now. I think it's got a little deeper; it's got some more grooves in it.

My voice has many dynamics in it. Like my little body.

I'm lucky that I have a deep, strong voice naturally, and the rest of it I just worked on as far as confidence and projecting myself.

My voice is not angel voice.

The pitch, timbre, volume, speed, and cadence of your voice, the speed with which you speak, and even the way you modulate pitch and loudness, are all hugely influential factors in how convincing you are and how people judge your state of mind and character.

My singing voice isn't like my speaking voice.

I've never had a voice coach, but I am about to name drop horrendously here: I did once get some advice on how to project my voice from Sean Connery, which was lovely. It's all about where you breathe. That's my claim to fame.

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

Yes, I am a good singer.

I think the voice is an underrated instrument these days and it's easy to make up for lack of ability with effects. I think sometimes people are more wowed with effects than core craftsmanship. Strong voices are not as common as they used to be.

With classical singing you have to put out so much air - you project, you emit force.

A lot of people when they try to sing Skid Row songs, they're screaming and yelling too much. It's more singing than screaming.

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

Actually, I think the average voice is like 70 percent tone and 30 percent noise. My voice is 95 percent noise.

It's amazing to hear, as a voice matures and then starts to decline, what kind of emotion is still conveyed by a really good vocalist.

I haven't even had to learn, but it's just this natural thing to be able to express any emotion I have through the tone of my voice.

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

I have always safely relied on my voice modulations. It has never let me down.

I work a lot with dynamics of how loud I'm talking, like speaking into balloons and then feeling the texture on my fingertips, and then I get used to the feeling on my throat.

It takes a big voice a long time to develop properly; the bigger it is, the harder it is to develop the technique.

I was really sickened with people passing on comments that I have nasal touch while singing. Naturally, when anyone sings with high-pitched octaves, some notes may slight get in touch modalities with nasal, and that doesn't actually mean 'nasal singing.'

I'm really loud. I can't sing softly.

The only thing wrong with my voice is the way it sounds.