voice quotes

There is no index of character so sure as the voice.

When you’re young, you keep reading new writers and you keep changing your mind about how you ought to sound.

There is no greater index of character so sure as the voice.

The beauty of me being on stage is I have a voice.

I’m terrified of losing my voice.

I consider myself to have one of the greatest voices in the industry.

Our public life withers when only the most extreme voices get attention. Most of all, democracy breaks down when the average person feels their voice doesn’t matter; that the system is rigged in favor of the rich or the powerful or some narrow interest.

Nothing can affect my voice, it’s so bad.

I think women want to take care of themselves, and I think having a voice in how that is done is very important.

Who’s to say what’s a good voice and not a good voice?

This thing that I do with caring about the message in my music, it’s not separate from my work as a commercial artist; they’re totally one and the same. I’m always going to be thinking about what my voice means.

I got a greater purpose. God put something in my heart to get across, and that’s what I’m going to focus on, using my voice as an instrument and doing what needs to be done.

If I have a platform and a voice, I should use it for my people.

In the late 1960s, the masses were supposed to be passive, not entering into the public arena and having their voices heard.

I just wanted to be a songwriter. I did really not like the sound of my own voice.

A voice is a human gift; it should be cherished and used, to utter fully human speech as possible. Powerlessness and silence go together.

In retrospect, I do think it’s fair to say that we were overly idealistic and focused on more of the good parts of what connecting people and giving people a voice can bring.

Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen. They’re my biggest heroes. I love everything about Leonard Cohen: his lyrics and his voice. He seems like a really clever man, and Bob Dylan does as well. He’s just really cool.

I’m very active on social media and see the huge impact it has on engaging with fans and being able to have a voice.

I was never particularly fond of my voice.

When you give everyone a voice and give people power, the system usually ends up in a really good place. So, what we view our role as, is giving people that power.

What I’m asking for is hard. It’s easier to be cynical; to accept that change isn’t possible, and politics is hopeless, and to believe that our voices and actions don’t matter. But if we give up now, then we forsake a better future.

In order to have your voice be heard in Washington, you have to make some little contribution.

I wanted to get rid of the element that had been considered essential in pop music: the voice.

My children love Maleficent’s voice, so they always make me do it at home.

Talent grips us. We are overtaken by the beauty of Michelangelo’s sculpture, riveted by Mariah Carey’s angelic voice, doubled over in laughter by the comedy of Robin Williams, and captivated by the on screen performances of Denzel Washington.

I think one of my pursuits over the years is trying to answer the question of, ‚What else can you do with a voice other than stand in front of a microphone and sing?‘

Some artists just ruin their voices because they don’t know any better.

Music is the voice that tells us that the human race is greater than it knows.

The devil’s voice is sweet to hear.

I just use fashion as an excuse to talk about politics. Because I’m a fashion designer, it gives me a voice, which is really good.

Sometimes I wish I had taken the Bob Dylan route and sang songs where my voice would not go out on me every night, so I could have a career if I wanted.

People have to talk about something just to keep their voice boxes in working order so they’ll have good voice boxes in case there’s ever anything really meaningful to say.

The instrument that I never learned how to play was my fans. You know, they are the part of the story that nobody teaches you. I just want to do the right thing; I want to be a voice with them, among them.

If you deny people their own voice, you’ll have no idea of who they were.