Fergie Quotes

The best vocalists I can think of are female.

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.

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

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.

As a vocalist, I can scream, and I've got a really good singing voice, but I can't do the really heavy vocals.

I was blown away by Steve Perry's voice - you know, his amazing ability to change from a lambing voice to rock.

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

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

Singing is incredibly physical.

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.

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.

Anything that I can do with my voice that's good, I'll try to do.

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.

I use my voice as an instrument.

I want to sing like Aretha Franklin. Before her I wanted the technical ability of Ella Fitzgerald.

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

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.

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 want to be able to sing like Whitney Houston did.

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.

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

I really love something that's strong vocally and a little more difficult to sing because it's fun.

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

From a vocal standpoint, Glenn Hughes is just a god.