SZA Quotes

Early on, I tried to sing, but sustaining a note was something I wasn't comfortable with. So I tried to get off of the note as soon as I could.

My own singing voice is not very good and I don't think that anybody really sings in their own voice.

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

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

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

I don't push my voice; I try to keep a good technique, a natural way of singing, to sing from the breath, which is the main thing.

I was really sickened with people passing on comments that I have nasal touch while singing. Naturally, when anyone sings with high-pitched octaves, some notes may slight get in touch modalities with nasal, and that doesn't actually mean 'nasal singing.'

As singers, we're always taught to sing forward and place everything in the front of our resonating chambers. Donna Summer always sang in that space and had it naturally. Her muscle memory, the way she was built - she was a natural singer.

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.'

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

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.

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

My singing voice isn't like my speaking voice.

I can sing, but it takes an incredible amount of work for me to sound acceptable.

With classical singing you have to put out so much air - you project, you emit force.

You have to contort your body in a certain way to hit a low note. When you're on film, you can't. So you do, in a sense, get to hide behind your voice, which is nice.

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

You do have to be a bit careful with your voice. It is an instrument.

You know, I think you have to sound right singing whatever it is that you sing.

I love singing and I think I have a really nice voice, but I don't think I have an unbelievable singing voice. I think I have a great character voice.

If you ask me about vocal technique, I don't know anything. I could never be a teacher. I just know what my teacher told me: 'Always sing with a full voice. When they tell you, less sound, more piano - no.'

For singers, our singing voice is our natural voice, not the speaking.

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.

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.

When I was a kid, my aunt coached me a little bit for choir, and what she taught me actually stuck with me. She basically taught me to sing from my diaphragm and not from my throat.