It is the best of all trades, to make songs, and the second best to sing them.
HILAIRE BELLOC, On Everything
Not to say that music today doesn't have heart, but it's really few and far between because technology has advanced itself so much that anybody can be a singer. Back in the day, you had to know how to sing.
CHRISTINA AGUILERA, People Magazine Online, Jul. 21, 2006
For me the visual is just as important as the music. I would never record without my red lipstick. It was my way of getting into character, sort of like Method singing.
CHRISTINA AGUILERA, International Herald Tribune, Jul. 28, 2006
Singing lessons are like body building for your larynx.
BERNADETTE PETERS, New York Times, Sep. 20, 1985