Top 262 Vocals Quotes & Sayings

All of my favorite records have vocals high in the mix, even if it's music that wasn't necessarily mainstream.

But when I record my next studio album, of course I'll do the lead vocals

In the studio you can auto tune vocals, and with drums, you can put them on a grid and make them perfect. I hate that sound. When someone hands me a record and the drums are perfectly gridded and the vocals are perfectly auto tuned, I throw it out the window. I have no interest in rock music being like that.

I'm obsessed with choirs, and always have been, because of that sense of overwhelming vocals.

The vocals are what immediately draw people in and sell the song.

The vocals are the very last thing I do. So, it's kinda the opposite: with country. it's singing and guitar first, but with rock, I worry about the riff and music, vocals last.

A lot of my vocals were the first time I ever sang the song.

Later on, when I signed with Sony, we wanted to re-release 'Fade' as 'Faded' with a brand new mix and with vocals by Iselin Solheim. I think Iselin was the first person who sung demo vocals for 'Faded.' And it worked out great! The way I got in touch with Iselin was through a guy that I work with in the studio.

Bob was chosen by my record company to help with my vocals, and our relationship developed through the music.

A rock band with vocals is what I always wanted to be a part of; in fact, it feels very natural for me.

I wanted to be a musician and studied vocals in London for a year and then I gave it up.

I do most of my vocals - aside from a couple of little one-shot vocal samples. I record everything into the Saffire with an SM58 then scratch it with loads of plug-ins. I don't do much vocoding to be honest. All my vocals are usually done with Melodyne and a ton of other plug-ins to make it sound weird.

Nine Inch Nails' sound is dominated by clanging synths and sardonic, shrieking vocals.

My vocals are bad, I can't sing, hey man, I wouldn't ask you to do a drum roll if your arm was falling off.

I had this weird, nomadic little tent with a rug over it, like a booth where I'd sing the vocals.

I've always loved the sound of female vocals.

Recording vocals has the same kind of physical demands as you experience a lot in theater work.

I played guitar and bass. I didn't do much vocals, although I did have one band where I was the lead singer. But that was when I was in college.

Singing is something that I have done all my life, but what I did on my first two records was to hide the vocals. They're there to thicken the web of the cello.

That was an idea of the record company, and also that was my first album after MCA and we wanted to come back with a strong album that would be noticed. If we put the vocals by very talented people and very meaningful songs, then the vocals would be a platform so that I could be noticed again. All of the MCA albums were just loaded with problems -- you know, the right musicians, the engineers. The record company would say 'You have to make music for black radio, you can't do what you have been doing with The Crusaders.' Everybody was telling me that was over, finished, done.

I want the feeling where you don't really know what to do with yourself - in the vocals, in the production. Everything.

I've listened to female vocalists my whole life. That's what I love. I still listen to guys' vocals and don't get taken aback a lot.

It's no longer necessary to slave over the vocals. I don't sing the lyrics until I write them, and singing is the very last thing I do. I record the entire track, and then I worry about lyrics and vocals. The music will suggest where the words are going to a certain extent.

There are a lot of people using technology that are playing to a click with backing vocals already stuck in there on some computerized thing that runs along in time to the show so they have these amazing vocals that are only partly the guys on stage producing them at the time.

I used to put the vocals on top and piece it together. Now I start with the vocals and the string parts I write; the drums are kind of an afterthought. And who knows, maybe that will get boring, but right now that's the most interesting way for me.

It's a particular skill, I think, doing backing vocals. You're blending the vocals between the gaps, between the music.

The neighbors prefer I don't do vocals at night. It gets a little iffy when I'm screaming.

You want to hear vocals? Go sing it.

I do guest vocals all the time.

'Muntazir' has a very feel-good vibe to it. It's Strings' signature composition, especially the pre-chorus. I thoroughly enjoyed lending my vocals to it.

I feel that in the underground world, there's not enough vocals out there.

I usually prepare a track and then I work with the artist when it's time to do the vocals.

If I'm playing with Ozzy it's just a guitar thing. But with the vocals I feel like I'm studying for the SATs.

The only rumors worth listening to have Stevie Nicks on vocals.

When I did the vocals, I always became so angry and pissed off.

I love vocals and what they can do, and the different layers they can create, and I really want to bring that into folk music in terms of arrangements and stuff.

The music comes first. Final lyrics are usually written very close to recording the vocals.

I've always been fascinated by the idea of creating music using only vocals.

Maybe I was just born with a little bit of vocals or natural talent, but I feel like I taught myself.

There's not a day that I don't work on vocals, have vocal coaches, go to acting classes, read books.

With Rage, we wrote riff rock and had rap vocals, so we didn't really concern ourselves with melody for the most part.

The boarders have changed. My vocals explore different elements and you know it was really important for me to transfer the atmosphere of the songs with my voice.

When I was growing up... I'm not going to say I listened to everything, but when it comes to vocals, I was really adamant about imitating all kinds of voices.

I'm always saying in the studio, 'My vocals are too loud!' or 'My vocals have too much effect on them!' I like some of it, but I'm not a fan of loading effects onto my voice.

Working on my own vocals is something I've been avoiding. But, I'm constantly thinking of ways to be able to include my own vocals without getting embarrassed. Even John Lennon wasn't comfortable on hearing his voice.

As far as favorite 'overall package' record of all time, I'd have to say 'My Girl' by The Temptations. I like everything about it, not only the composition - but the arrangement, the production, the lead vocals, the background vocals, the horns, the strings. That one I listen to over and over again.

My production and songwriting and the environment around those vocals are not inspired by R&B at all.

I pride myself on having a really authentic music sound: no gimmicks, just my vocals.

Enya was a huge deal for me. That kind of woman vocals and how wide those productions were.

I treat my vocals as an instrument.

I do sing a bit, a solo called 'Rubies,' and the female vocals on 'In Paradisum,' 'The Sound of Silence,' and 'Sapphire Clouds'.

Under-sung vocals can be very sexy because of the intimacy, but they can be just as heartbreaking for the same reason.

On 'Idol,' I understood that everyone wanted to hear my vocals, so I stuck with the ballads.

But when I record my next studio album, of course I'll do the lead vocals.

I do the work with friends who are musicians as well. I'm working on a piece of music and I have an idea of who I want on the vocals, but I don't really have a list.

I don't think my vocals demand effects. I like reverb to a certain extent, but I don't want to hide my voice. I like stripped-down vocals, but I also like crazy, powerful, doubled vocals like in dance or electronic music.

I started doing some demos and got online and bought a refurbished laptop, bought a microphone off of eBay. A lot of folks said you can't really do it that way at a pro level, but I did some vocals that way, turned it into the label and they said, 'Wow, where did you record this? The vocals sound great!'

To me, dance is so ethereal and elusive, so much of an illusion. After a performance, that's it. With vocals and music, you have good recordings.

My inspiration is R. Kelly, Michael Jackson, and Prince - for the vocals, anyway.

I sing a few backing vocals but Im not much of a singer. You wont see me on 'X Factor.'