Arnel Pineda Quotes

Haven't we all been taken aback when an illness suddenly causes the voice to crack and sometimes dry up completely?

I lost my voice. I'd never had to cancel a show before and I had to walk around with a pad and a pen, writing things down.

I have as many pictures of my vocal cords as I do of my children. I have a great ear, nose and throat doctor, and we look at them - if there's some redness, maybe I'll take a little time off.

Here's the breakdown: alcohol dehydrates you and stimulates acid reflux. Then, when you sing on dry, irritated vocal folds, your folds swell. When your folds swell, they cause hoarseness, which makes you feel like you have to push harder to get a sound out.

The way I sing is extremely physical, and it was causing acid from my stomach to wash up to my vocal cords and burn them.

My health is very much improved.

I never found out until I went into treatment that I was bipolar.

I've been singing properly every day since I was about fifteen or sixteen, and I have never had any problems with my voice, ever. I've had a sore throat here and there, had a cold and sung through it, but that day it just went while I was onstage in Paris during a radio show. It was literally like someone had pulled a curtain over it.

I've played shows with injuries before but unfortunately cannot overcome having no voice.

I don't even take aspirin.

Sometimes a role might be difficult on my throat.

I'm always calling my doctor because I'm constantly injuring myself while on the road, like tearing a ligament, blasting my ears or losing my voice. Plus, I'm a total hypochondriac.

Dairy products are not good for a singer.

I don't sing anything that hurts my voice.

I don't really strain my voice.

When I got hoarse, the manager would say, 'Drink this. Joplin used to drink this,' and I used to say, 'Joplin? Joplin's dead.

I've learnt to accept what has happened to my voice, I suppose, but I do wish it didn't sound quite so rough.

I have to have lemon and honey. I have to have apple cider vinegar, Braggs. And I have to have either Red Vines or Twizzlers. These things, you know, are the things that help my vocal performance.

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.

In my experience, depression was not something that has been cured so much as managed, like a lot of illnesses.

I am fussy, about my diet and straining my voice. I know, sounds a bit over the top. But I'm not as bad as I used to be. These days I don't drink alcohol for five days before a show - very dehydrating for the vocal cords, and all that acid reflux. I used to ban it for a fortnight. Nightmare.

You can't abuse your voice by yelling and screaming.

Crying is really bad for your vocal cords.

I've always been aware of my health - when you are having to go on stage and perform, you need to be feeling good - but when I was diagnosed with a life-threatening illness, I became really, really conscious of my health.

I went to see Harvey again in Fiddler. Harvey's throat is getting better.