Some people have the gift where they can just sing. I don't have the fail-safe voice, so it has to be something that I need to sing about.
You can't sing baritone when you're a soprano.
I have one of those gravel-y voices with no range to it.
For the most part, I've been influenced by black singers and singers I couldn't sound like. Whenever I tried to do a dark note or a bent note, I would just sound like Hootie And The Blowfish.
Bubbles was a very good dancer. Tremendous dancer. He was one of our leading dancers of the country at that time. And, of course, he didn't have much of a voice.
I really want to sing, but my tone of voice is really too deep to do what I want.
On the other hand when you are someone who records their own songs you are basically stuck writing for one voice and for one style that can stifle you a bit. It's a real trade off.
People asked me to change my name for [808s]...I think the fact that I can't sing that well is what makes "808s" so special.
All I ever wanted was to sing to God. He gave me that longing and then made me mute.
My voice is not very dynamic.
[On bebop years] All I did was sing 'How High the Moon.' It seemed like the only song I ever sang.
I can't sing.
It is not easy for me to sing consonants, and I am sorry if I don't sing the 'S'.
I've tried to rap, and I cannot do it.
I've only recorded my own songs. I don't consider myself a great singer, so I wouldn't be comfortable interpreting other people's songs.
I don't have that kind of voice, the big baritone or rousing tenor sound. My wheelhouse was in the frothier pieces. So my appreciation for those older musicals and revivals grew.
I just wasn't meant to do Shakespeare. I'm not vocally equipped; I've got this flat, nasal, East Anglian voice. I got to understand the fantastic words Shakespeare wrote but never got to fly with them.
Saying certain letters without moving my mouth is tough... like B, P and W, you know.
I'm not a good enough singer to pull off the effect.
I really wish I could sing so I could front a band, because that would be a dream come true, totally. I want to sing. Can't do it though.
I'm not angry. I can't sing that loud for that long anyway, I'll start coughing - I don't have the instrument for it. I don't feel that emotional. I'm at peace.
