Julie Andrews Quotes

I don't take care of my voice at all, which is one reason that I sound as bad as I do.

I do a lot of vocal hygiene.

But I'm pretty lucky with my voice. When I first started touring I went to see a woman to give me some coaching on how not to lose my voice. And she was just saying really your voice is a muscle so if you're using it all the time you should actually come back from tour with a stronger voice than you left with. And that's really how I find it.

I take care of my voice; I'm working out the way I would do my body, so that stays in shape.

When I was 12 and started to take singing lessons from a woman, she told me that I would probably spend the rest of my life taking care of my voice.

Seventy per cent humidity is ideal for vocal cords.

You can't treat your voice badly and expect it to stay around.

I'm a geek when it comes to my voice. I know if it hurts, something's wrong. You shouldn't feel it! It's very important to look after your voice.

The vocal cords are a muscle, and like any other muscle in the body, they can be strained. So you have to warm up.

Along the way, everyone's been saying, 'Make sure you take care of your voice because you're going to want to do it the rest of your life.' And it's absolutely true.

I do a lot of vocal exercises and drink hot tea, which I hate.

And my voice now is a struggle, it's a daily struggle to keep it up. Gravity has begun to fight the vocal cords the way it does with everybody. So I have a vocal therapist, and we record the sessions and I use them on tour every day.

Sometimes a role might be difficult on my throat.

Well, I don't think a specific role can destroy your voice. What can destroy your voice is when you... make an error. Everybody can make an error. But then you need to realize what is your way.

I don't sing anything that hurts my voice.

Essentially, your voice is an instrument; it's a muscle, and you have to treat it like a muscle, and so you have to work it.

I have deliberately kept singing because I have to at my age. If I stopped for even a year my voice would slowly deteriorate until it's not there at all. That's a fact about getting to my age.

It's so important to me to take care of my voice. I do a lot of vocal warms-ups right before I go on.

I worry about my voice 24/7 when I'm on tour. It's like a pitcher and his arm. It's constantly the thing that my whole life revolves around.

I lost my voice for the first time. I was so bummed out, but it happens to every singer at some point in their career. I don't think most people understand, but I sing every night and sometimes we do five shows in a row, which is really bad for your voice.

It's very much like opera singers. They do the same thing. The first thing in the morning and the last thing at night, the thing they think about is their voice and how to take care of it.

If you don't make those vocal chords work, they'll go dormant on you.

When my voice breaks, it recovers automatically. I don't do anything special to maintain my voice. I have a natural voice and don't have to take care of it.

Some artists just ruin their voices because they don't know any better.

I take care of my voice. I don't go to loud discos where I have to shout; I don't have iced drinks.