Quotes About Expression

We all have a right for our voices to be heard, not stifled.

I'm not good at anything! I can do, like, two voices.

For me, the Sundance Institute is just an extension of something I believed in, which is creating a mechanism for new voices to have a place to develop and be heard.

As far as influences, I listen to a lot of people like Nina Simone and other androgynous voices, almost to make me feel like I'm not alone.

Best two rock voices I've heard in a last few years both have been from grunge bands: it's Eddie Vedder and the other one is Chris Cornell from Soundgarden.

I sing in five or six different voices that are all part of me. It's not contrived.

As a singer I tried on all these hats, these voices, these clothes, and eventually out came me.

The piano and the singing are two equal things to me - maybe not inseparable but very connected. You can say they are like two equal voices.

I've always been an idiot, so doing voices and being a goof has always been a part of who I am.

I think anyone who has an opinion, and voices it, will offend someone.

I think original voices get noticed. But most importantly, I think you should have a story to tell.

I just felt like there was a world of cartoon voices that had to be discovered by me.

I used to do little sketches into my cassette tape recorder when I was a little boy. I would just turn it on and just start doing voices and characters. I just loved it.

I usually hold a puppet and play with different voices until something happens and the right voice just hits me. Then, I'll pick a name that just seems to fit the character that naturally comes out.

As I've written more, and as other Indian American voices have grown around me, I strive harder to find experiences that are unique yet a meaningful and resonant part of the American story.

Our voices need to be raised in unison against the deterioration of our culture.

Men scream, that's why they gave us voices.

The voices on the record, that was trying to treat my voice like guitar players treat guitar tones.

There's plenty of people who can sing OK that make terrific records, and I love them from afar. But when I make a record, I need great voices. That's always my mandate.

Filmgoers are starved for new ideas, voices and visions.

For the theatrical experience to survive, spectacle films need to expand their definition of what they can be. They need to be unique and true voices of the filmmakers behind them. They can't just be copying what came before them.

I think it's important for scientists to speak in their own voices and not just be mediated by journalists or others speaking for them.

I've always had a penchant for dialects. I remember getting detention and being told, 'Have a think about where doing these funny voices might get you someday.'

Rap is hardcore street music but there are women out there who can hang with the best male rappers. What holds us back is that girls tend to rap in these high, squeaky voices. It's irritating. You've gotta rap from the diaphragm.