Johnny Mathis Quotes

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.

Over the years, I was lucky; right from the beginning, I studied with a lady who had a lot of... she was a classical singer, and of course, they're a little bit more into, you know, preserving the voice, making sure your instrument is ready to perform.

About 10 years ago, I took some vocal lessons. I'll bet that helped. I got a tape of exercises that the girl gave me, which I don't do anymore, but they were good. And I don't smoke.

I work on my voice through what I have to sing.

And I've had vocal training on and off for years.

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.

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.

Seventy per cent humidity is ideal for vocal cords.

I do a lot of vocal hygiene.

As a singer, you can't hear what's coming out of your throat; you're only hearing it from the inside, so you need a trusted person who knows how your voice works. It's like a car. You take it to the same mechanic because they know it inside out, and every time you get it back, it works fantastic.

I have a voice coach, but only in so much as to make my voice stronger so I can sing for five nights a week, two hours.

I've studied voice from a few different people for years.

There is one thing I should say, and it's important: Young Broadway singers and anybody who is an orator of any kind - lawyers who have to speak in court or pastors or anyone who has a lot of stress on their vocal cords: You should do the maintenance. You should do whatever it takes to feel fresh and good.

I find that touring keeps your voice in great shape.

I've never had anything as formal as vocal lessons.

I feel like the kindest thing that I do to my voice is sing.

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

I never took any vocal training.

I don't sing anything that hurts my voice.

I took some voice lessons here and there as a teenager but nothing too serious. I started taking it more seriously when I was in Miss Saigon. I needed to improve my technique in order to survive doing that show as many time a week as I was doing it. It's not an easy show to sing, so I needed all the help I could get.

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.

Opera singers, we're not muscle men; you have to be careful about your work.

I was taking singing lessons, and they'd say, 'Your voice is too hoarse. You have to do more exercises.'