Sondra Radvanovsky Quotes

Anything that I can do with my voice that's good, I'll try to do.

I use my voice as an instrument.

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

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.

Because everything about the voice interests me, I felt it would be fascinating to learn a completely different style of singing.

My voice is an instrument.

I love hard singing.

I think the voice is an underrated instrument these days and it's easy to make up for lack of ability with effects. I think sometimes people are more wowed with effects than core craftsmanship. Strong voices are not as common as they used to be.

The greatest musical instrument given to a human being is the voice.

I don't think I'm a singer that likes to flex my vocals. I'll do some runs and a bunch of high notes, but that's it. I really pride myself and I really work on just trying to sing. Like emotions. Just using my voice, not doing anything extra.

The human voice is the most beautiful instrument of all, but it is the most difficult to play.

Your voice is like a very serious instrument that you have to tame if you want to be an amazing singer - Marvin Gaye or Michael Jackson.

I think I'm a vocal genius, not a musical genius. I like background vocals. I consider myself a voice, not a singer. A voice is a sound, and singing is what you do with that sound.

Voice is my instrument.

To be honest, I think I have a nice voice. A good voice... and I loved recording.

I treat my vocals as an instrument.

For me, bel canto is medicine for the voice.

I think I've learned a lot on the vocal side of things.

The best vocalists I can think of are female.

The biggest thing is to just keep your voice in shape so that when the emotion hits, it's there to have the colors to paint those pictures with the lyrics as well as the sound.

I've always been obsessed with the grain of the human voice. It's the ultimate instrument, there's this whole level of virtuosity and poetry, a sort of athleticism, of controlling your voice.

Voice is the first instrument.

When I was growing up... I'm not going to say I listened to everything, but when it comes to vocals, I was really adamant about imitating all kinds of voices.

I've always said that I use my voice as an instrument. It was something I created myself, and I said, 'Have voice, will travel.'

You have to get to know your voice and its strengths and play on those. It took me quite a long time.