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Perhaps when music has been shouting for so long, a quieter voice seems attractive.

I think the voice is an underrated instrument these days and it's easy to make up for lack of ability with effects. I think sometimes people are more wowed with effects than core craftsmanship. Strong voices are not as common as they used to be.

I don't try to sound like anyone but me anymore. If something is out of my element, I try to avoid it.

People have this perception of soul music of somebody shouting.

It is harder to kill a whisper than even a shouted calumny.

Any voice where you've got to scream over a battle or whatever, that's always difficult. It's harder than it seems.

I don't sing very loud, which some people have given me trouble about, but we all have to figure out what our voices are, embrace that.

Your spoken voice is a part of it - not a big part of it, but it's something. It puts people at ease, and once again kind of reaches out and makes a bridge for what's otherwise difficult music.

Somebody's real voice is probably the hardest one that somebody could attempt.

The human voice is the most beautiful instrument of all, but it is the most difficult to play.