Vanessa Paradis Quotes

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

Thousands of kids and parents come up to us and say, How do we get better as a singer?

Someone told me that you could learn to sing, and that there are muscles that if you build, you will sing.

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 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.

I knew that I could sing when I was young. I would listen to a lot of jazz; I'm a big jazz fan. When I first got to high school and studied musical theater, I could sing. But I added certain things to my voice, and I realized after graduating high school that this is the kind of voice I had. It's not very nimble, but it's heavy.

I still struggle with my low notes. It's just always been something for me: I'm not a low singer. I have a really high voice.

I can't sing.

I'm not a good enough singer to pull off the effect.

I'm a chameleon. I can change my voice a lot. I always was able to, because in my family's music, I was a harmony singer, and harmony singing is really hard.

I don't believe in singing lessons. You can sing or you can't.

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

When I was young, my voice was so strong, and I would annoy people because I had such a loud little voice. And then it changed, and I thought I wouldn't be able to sing again, because I thought you had to sing like Christina Aguilera to be a singer.

I know what I'm missing. I know what I have to work on. Coloratura. And I sing sharp sometimes. It happens when I'm nervous.

Yes, I am a good singer.

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

My voice sucks. I don't like the tone.

When I was younger, I did what I now call 'extreme singing.' I could do this thing where I would sing really high. I can't really do that anymore, at my age. My voice has shifted. It's changed.

Even if I don't have the money to take vocal lessons, I'll practice in the house by myself singing out loud.

I've taken singing lessons since I was young, just to work on technique.

I really want to sing, but my tone of voice is really too deep to do what I want.

I really do think everybody can sing.

Nobody's ever gonna accuse me of being a singer, but I can sing.

I do better singing female songs because my voice is so high-pitched.

I want to be able to sing like Whitney Houston did.