Voice Quotes

The human voice is the first and most natural musical instrument, also the most emotional.

I started writing more with my voice in mind.

But those two plays left me on fresh terms with language. I didn't always have to speak in my own voice.

Legend has it that when God created me, he gave me a big distinctive voice, a lot of boldness and no heart.

While Kuwait is not a democracy, giving only half the population a voice in their government is not a policy this Congress should support and one that I am glad that Kuwait's leaders are changing.

People like my voice and say I can sing, but I don't like microphones in front of my face: it distracts me.

I'm so aware of the fact that if I hadn't taken the chances that I've taken along the line, I probably wouldn't be getting the best out of my voice anymore, I might have messed it up in that awful, predictable place.

I had years of therapy to recover from this. A lot of it had to with being a people pleaser, being the ultimate good girl. I wanted everyone to like me. I didn't really have a voice. I was afraid of growing up.

You cannot raise the standard against oppression, or leap into the breach to relieve injustice, and still keep an open mind to every disconcerting fact, or an open ear to the cold voice of doubt.

I wanted my voice to be a tenor sax, really.

I started writing it the day after Sept. 11. I was living in New York City. We didn't have any phone service and we didn't have any mail. Like a lot of writers do, I started to write in a voice that I missed.

When God speaks, oftentimes His voice will call for an act of courage on our part.

What an immense power over the life is the power of possessing distinct aims. The voice, the dress, the look, the very motion of a person, define and alter when he or she begins to live for a reason.

If the world should blow itself up, the last audible voice would be that of an expert saying it can't be done.

I do better singing female songs because my voice is so high-pitched.

You have to listen to what resonates within your own gut. You find your direction there. Your voice comes out.

'Glee' is one of the very few mainstream outlets that is giving a voice to communities of people that don't necessarily have a loud voice, specifically the gay community. It gives a really positive and forward statement.

The soprano has all those other instruments in it. It's got the soprano song voice, flute, violin, clarinet, and tenor elements and can even approach the baritone in intensity.

'Niggy Tardust' is the voice of a generation, a generation that does not define itself simply by what it's born into.

I work on my voice through what I have to sing.

Truman Capote was a pop figure, but it wasn't until he went on David Susskind's show and had that extraordinary voice and manner that everyone could imitate, that he really took off as a figure.

It is very clear that voice communications is moving on to the Internet. In the end, the price that anyone can provide for voice transmission on the Net will trend toward zero.

Lacey said if he wanted to read a daily or regular critiques of the Bush administration, he would read the New York Times, and that's not what he wanted in the Village Voice.

Through pride we are ever deceiving ourselves. But deep down below the surface of the average conscience a still, small voice says to us, something is out of tune.

You would give up your career if you lost your voice for good, or if the impresarios stopped calling, or the audiences stopped coming. But as long as those things are there, I don't plan to stop. There is nothing that makes me feel better than to be with my public.

I am exceedingly lucky that my voice, along with perfect pitch and perfect rhythm, was given me at birth.

All the intelligence and talent in the world can't make a singer. The voice is a wild thing. It can't be bred in captivity. It is a sport, like the silver fox. It happens.

Ever since I came to Congress in 1992, there are those who have been trying to silence my voice. I've been told to "sit down and shut up" over and over again. Well, I won't sit down and I won't shut up until the full and unvarnished truth is placed before the American people.

I know I'm not a great singer. But I love to sing and I like to use my voice in different ways.

They really can't imagine what my voice is like. Every time I sing a song, they are very surprised.