Scott Aukerman Quotes

I'm not a singer. If you've heard any of my records, that's not singing. I have no vocal qualities whatsoever. I've got a lot of enthusisam and I go to the cross, but there's no skill going on there. It's more just intuitiveness.

When I sing full-on I use my whole body. I open my throat and let it fly out.

Everybody sings from their diaphragm.

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

I had a teacher who stressed for me the importance of diction in terms of... I want to be very careful about how I say this... in terms of supporting one's voice when one is singing. In other words, if you hold on to your words, your voice will pull through for you when you're singing. So be true to your vowels.

All these little heifers who can't sing are called ‘divas’.

It is not enough merely to memorize and spout vocal axioms good singing is infinitely more than much talk and head-knowledge.

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 think singing is one of the most natural things that human beings do, but it's difficult.

I think singing comes most naturally for me. Because it's part of your body - it's a natural thing. You can practice all you want but it's part of your body.

The human voice is the most perfect instrument of all.

I have often heard the statement made by foreign singers, as a demonstrated fact, that the German artists are artists in feeling indeed, and serious in their devotion, but that their singing is crude.

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.

A great song can make a terrible singer sound good, but a good singer - you put a great song on top of that, you're really in great shape!

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

I'd love to have the time to learn to sing opera properly rather than bellowing half-formed fragments of melody in exuberant moments.

Just the way my voice sounds now, it's always had this little hoarse thing to it. And I'd have to do vocal exercises to make my voice clear.

I can sing, but my voice is untrained. I'd like to do a musical someday.

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

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

I think singing it when it's done well is extremely natural. It feels great.

Holding a note is a very difficult thing - you have to use your whole body to achieve a perfect pitch.

If you're a good singer, you're going to make anything sound good.

I can sing, don't get me wrong, but it's no belting singing.

I never breathe through the nose, not when I'm singing. In the opera, you don't have so much time. That's fine at the beginning of an opera or after somebody else has been doing an aria, and you want to get a good fresh start.