Singing Habits Quotes

I think I would have had an easier time of it if I had had training much earlier. Because when I got to the training, it was in my late 30s and I already probably had every bad habit a singer could have. In fact, it still goes on. It's un-training those habits and retraining new ones - the breathing, the relaxation, the tongue, the lungs, the everything.

I sing Broadway stuff in the shower, mostly.

I never sing in the shower either.

I sing a lot, so if I have lipstick, it gets all over the microphone, so I rarely wear lipstick.

No, I never sing in the bath. In fact, I've never even practised singing. I would only ever sing indoors if I had to learn a song with my pianist.

Other people sing in the shower, but I don't.

I listen to a lot of non-classical music at home, but I don't get many opportunities to sing it.

This is a fault common to all singers, that among their friends they will never sing when they are asked; unasked, they will never desist.

But nowadays hymns are the norm, because people don't have much else to sing.

All singers have this fault: if asked to sing among friends they are never so inclined; if unasked, they never leave off.

I've never really focused on if I had good habits when I sang or if I had bad habits, or if I was breathing correctly. So, I started doing vocal exercises and would stretch out before I sang, stuff to help my breathing. It's funny, you breathe your whole life then you find out you're not doing it correctly.