I've been singing one kind of genre for a long time but have always tried to push to new auras about picking new songs or the same kind of genre but trying to sing it differently, treating it differently.
I think I do too many voices in these shows. I think it's because we have trouble getting voice talent.
I found I could speak louder and was more comfortable if I was doing it in someone else's crazy voice.
We have always been like The Eagles and Fleetwood Mac in that we have numerous lead singers.
I've not been called on to do a lot of accent work.
Work on the accent, it will enliven the whole.
I hear so many of the young people today sing and I think they have a good voice, yet I wonder if they'll ever know that they sound alike.
I cannot stand in one place and sing for three hours. By nature, I like to make things lively.
I love accents; I would love to find more characters with a variety of vocal intonations. It creates a character. It's like you're singing a song. Some people find their character through walking or movement - for me, voice is one of the ways I find parts of the character.
At one level you're condemned to the voice you have. But within those confines, you have a certain amount of freedom to range among your possible voices.
A good voice isn't so important. It's more important to sound really unique.
I always try to get to the point where I can do different things with my voice.
My voice and the styles and genres I sing all express my appreciation for what I hear.
To work with different singers gives us creative freedom because we can experiment with different sounds on every song.
No one understands my accent. I'm constantly going to auditions and being told they don't like how I talk. You have to live with criticism, and I don't take it personally.
It can get a bit boring working on accents.
I love accents - I wish I could find an accent for every one of my characters. It makes it so much easier when I don't have to hear my own voice.
I've got many different voices - I have a Southern girl, an Irish girl. I have a gibberish language that you'd have to decipher. I guess I try to never take myself too seriously.
I suppose, back in the day, when I was on the stage, I had nothing to lose, and I did the accents.
I was always so jealous of a band like Fleetwood Mac, for instance, where Christine McVie would sing a whole bunch of songs even though Stevie was the obvious lead singer. It added variety to their shows.
We always felt it helped during live shows to have multiple lead singers to give our voices a break.
Audiences are not interested in watching singers who stand stiffly and sing for three hours.
As for my voice, it cannot be categorised - and I like it that way, because I sing things that would be considered in the dramatic, mezzo or spinto range.
Some people are really surprised that I can sing different ways.
You can be as good an actor as you want but, if your accent is too strong, it's going to limit you.
