I'm a piano player. I never thought of myself as a singer, at all. I was always trying to sound like somebody else. I don't like my own voice, I like Ray Charles, Robert Plant, I like Joe Cocker, Rod Stewart, people that have an edge in their voice.
I feel like my role is to be one of those voices who reaches the youth.
Pope John Paul II was unquestionably the most influential voice for morality and peace in the world during the last 100 years.
Folks, just a few minutes of my voice can change a life.
When I do an editorial or when I do a campaign, I bring that lens to every space.
Amandla Stenberg is so powerful in her energy and what she speaks about and what she projects. I think it's incredible.
It is very humbling to receive the Fields Medal. The words of a Fields Medallist carry a lot of weight within mathematics - for instance, in framing future directions of research - which means that I have to watch what I say more carefully now!
Joe Biden is that special combination of someone who is very talented and influential, but when he starts speaking, there's inevitably going to be headlines written about something he said.
I was trying to do Billie Holiday, because she was the voice to be heard at that time.
One has to be blessed to have a voice that creates impact.
I was never a ringleader, but I was willing, when asked questions, to give my opinion. And when you say things quite bluntly, it's very easy for people to hang their hats on that.
Bill Clinton valued my opinion and always made sure that my views were heard, and people knew that he wanted me to talk.
for better or worse, it is the commentator who has the last word.
I am not an established name in Bollywood and hence I can't call the shots. In Kolkata, I have proved myself and am in a position in the industry where directors and producers easily listen to me.
I do not know what we should do without the pulpit. We could better spare the sun-the moon, anyway.
Bappi Lahiri has a voice that alone is loud and musical enough to sway people.
One man saying that everything is wrong can command coast-to-coast attention in living color, a power not given to an absolute monarch a century ago.
