Vocals Quotes

“Vocals do not make a worshipper.”
― Temi Peters, Instruments of Praise & Acts of Worship

“Anna's voice wasn't a beautiful voice - rough edged and sorrowful, a bit used, somehow male and female at once. Yet it had more vibrancy to it than most Danish voices, which were often thin and white and too pretty to trigger a shiver. Anna's voice had the heat of the south; it warmed Einar, as if her throat were red with coals.”
― David Ebershoff, The Danish Girl

“Aurora was romantic and brooding and heartbreaking and volatile all at once. In the age of arena rock, Daisy Jones & The Six managed to create something that felt intimate even though it could still play to a stadium. They had the impenetrable drums and the searing solos—they had songs that felt relentless in the best way possible. But the album also felt up close and personal. Billy and Daisy felt like they were right next to you, singing just to each other.
“And it was deeply layered. That was the biggest thing Aurora had going for it. It sounds like a good-time album when you first listen to it. It’s an album you can play at a party. It’s an album you get high to. It’s an album you can play as you’re speeding down the highway.
“But then you listen to the lyrics and you realize this is an album you can cry to. And it’s an album you can get laid to.
“For every moment of your life, in 1978, Aurora could play in the background.
“And from the moment it was released, it was a juggernaut.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Daisy Jones & The Six

“Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence.”
― Robert Fripp

“We can ruin our enjoyment of a song by finding a translation of the lyrics into a language we understand.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana