I started as a guitarist and couldn't find a decent…

I started out as a guitarist in the early '80s.

— Johnny Depp

There's lots of singers that I love; I don't know if I used any of them as role models. Maybe I would have been…

— Mark Lanegan

As I was not a good singer - I have started to sing. And because no one could write an appropriate song for me…

— Verka Serduchka

I was pretty young when I decided I wanted to, well, more so be a singer. I started singing in church in my hometown,…

— Naturi Naughton

I guess I'm not really into female vocals that sound masculine, I guess. A lot of times, the heavy female vocalists always end up…

— Devin Townsend

When you do a remix, obviously you get a beautiful melody, you get the beautiful vocals - everything is already set up. You already…

— Cedric Gervais

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

— The Weeknd

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

— Jessica Sanchez

There's definitely anger, the demand of more from the world, a demand for justice. There's no other way I can perform the vocals than…

— K'naan

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

— Rita Marley

In India, however good your western vocals are, you have to have that Indianess in your singing if you want to become a mainstream…

— Neha Bhasin

I've recorded a lot of vocals so far and I think they're kinda still in my own world, but I do have that urge…

— Spencer Krug

Bands such as LiLiPUT and Essential Logic were just as unorthodox as Gang of Four or Wire, even taking their sounds a step further…

— Anthony Fantano

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

— Bryson Tiller

All my vocals were recorded at home, which was great for me. You can actually have a studio in a computer program called ProTools.…

— David Coverdale