Avi Kaplan Quotes

I have such happy memories of performing in a choir and I don't think I'd have got where I am today without all that experience. So my advice to young singers is to either join your school or church's choir or find one in your local area. Choral music at any level teaches you so much about musicianship and blending your voice.

In junior high, I sang in madrigals, men's' and women's' choir. I played piano too, but then I got out of it.

I grew up singing in the church choir, but I've not really had any training.

I love music, and I once thought about doing a choral scholarship, but the people put me off.

When I moved to Seattle in fourth grade, I joined the Seattle Girls' Choir. It's a world-class choir, and we competed, toured Europe, and went and sang at the Vatican, so it was a really awesome experience to have that young.

I played piano back in my elementary school days and I sang a cappella back in college.

It was what I did after school. I'd learn a song in choir that day and I'd sing it, all the parts.

When I first began to learn to sing, it took me from three to four months to learn two simple hymns.

I sang in church choir all my life, through elementary school, junior high and high school.

I studied voice when I was at school, and I was in the chamber choir, and I studied music theory as well, so I guess a lot of it came from being taught at school.

I'm afraid of a cappella. I don't read music, and I have a hard time harmonizing. Basically, I'm a melody singer only.

I started out singing in high school in the choir and in a garage band.

I sang in choir as a kid.

When you're a musician and you come from a singing background, specifically one that focused a lot on a cappella music as I have, it's just a real joy to be around so many talented people and talented groups who have a passion for what they do.

I sang in 'Waiting for Guffman,' and I sang in 'A Mighty Wind.' I can carry a tune, but I don't like that Broadway singing.

I've been in the Los Angeles Children's Chorus since I was 8.

I grew up teaching parts to choirs, and I love a whole group of voices singing as one.

I was part of the Atlanta Boy Choir probably like fourth and fifth grade. I personally didn't enjoy the type of music that we were doing. I was more into like whatever was on Disney Channel and Nickelodeon.

I was in this boys' choir for five years, when I was 10 until 15.

We had a nine-piece choir on 'Aw Yeah.'

I have been singing as long as I can remember. I used to be in choir; I used to do musical theater. I'd prefer not to sing my own songs, but there you have it.

My favorite thing to hear is when people will come up and be like, 'I started an a capella group at my school!' or 'I got my best friend, and we wanted to sing, too!' And then they start groups.

I did classical singing at school. I did exams in that. I'd sing soprano, and we'd sing in German; we'd do Schubert for my pieces, in Latin, French... I really enjoyed that. I kind of miss it.

'Star Wars' is for nerds and virgins.

I used to sing in a choir when I was young. My mom forced me hardbody. I was hella young, like 5 years old.