You know, I like playing around with my voice and trying all different types of kooky voices.
Freddie had this unbelievable power and stamina. He had range both in his voice and in style. It's hard to find someone that can do everything he could do.
My secret talent is doing the chipmunk voice.
I don't mind listening to some yodel music. I don't think I'm particularly good at it, but that's the point, I guess.
I love the challenge of singing something that's not that easy.
I can sing as low as Toni Braxton and as high as Mariah Carey.
I can do a really high-pitched cartoon voice. Everybody always say they like that.
When I was a kid, during those days, you couldn't use instruments. It was against the pastor's religion, so all the singers would make these instruments with their voices. It was just unbelievable. I couldn't explain it.
I think if Unchained Melody does what I think it can do, I think there is an audience out there that would heave a sigh of relief, that finally there is a melody and orchestration, production and a vocalist that is giving them a song that they can just listen to... and not be annoyed by the vocal acrobatics that vocalists seem to think is impressive.
I can do the vocal acrobatics but I really try not to. I've always been drawn to singers who sing it like it is, pure, straight down the line: Ella Fitzgerald, Patti Smith, Carole King. Simplicity is really important to me.
Mariah Carey is my favorite singer because her voice sounds utterly groundless. It's not even a human voice; it almost sounds mechanical.
