Apart from a period of crisis during my adolescence, when my voice was changing and I could not tame it - it was like a kicking foal that does not listen to reason - I have always been told I have a pleasant and recognizable voice.
Being in a band with three guitar players, one thing you need to do is learn to make each guitar voice sound separate and identifiable.
A good voice isn't so important. It's more important to sound really unique.
I feel like the falsetto is my niche and my sound and something different.
'Jessica Jones' is its own animal, I think each one of these series is its own animal. There is some connective tissue, in terms of referencing the Marvel Universe, but it glances off of the other stories.
I notice the older I get, the more my speaking voice turns people around. Even if they have no idea who I am, they know they've heard this weird nasal disaster somewhere before.
When we come on the radio, people will go, 'That's Old Dominion,' 'cause it's a sound that can only be made by whatever the five of us make together.
My voice has always been kind of distinct - even when I was four years old, my mom told me that people would be like, 'Why does your daughter always sound like a chain smoker?' I've always had this deep, raspy voice.
Brownstein's is a fresh and jaunty voice, with a jazz snap all his own.
It's really odd, but whatever we do and whatever style we might tackle, we always sound like us.
What I can offer the game is creating a sound that, when you hear it, you know it's mine.
Starting out, I bet I didn't get a lot of parts because of my strange voice. I'm not consciously thinking, 'Hey, sound like a squeaky dog toy mixed with a bagful of rusty nails.' It's just what my voice has done.
Each album always has its own sound.
It's different, I don't sound like anyone.
I'll always remember when I first heard Lester [Young]. I'd never heard anyone like him before. He was a stylist with a different sound. A sound I'd never heard before or since. To be honest with you, I didn't much like it at first.
My voice has a lot of character and kind of doesn't sound like a lot of people's.
My voice is so recognisable. I'm like a foghorn walking round shops on my phone.
As a horn player, the greatest compliment one can get is when a person comes to you and says, 'I heard this saxophone on the radio the other day and I knew it was you. I don't know the song, but I know it was you on sax.'
One of the main things I look for in a guitarist is in the sound itself. I go for a certain sound, and I think it's an important thing for making a player more identifiable in the big giant pool of musicians out there. You want a sound that people will recognise just as much as your playing.
I think Young Thug has such a weird style I love, especially the things he does with his voice. It just sounds different.
I love The Edge's guitar style; it is unique. There is an ancient world resonating in his guitar sound.
