--- title: "4 Gary Catona Quotes - Famous Opera vocal coach" description: "American author and voice coach... | Gary Anthony Catona is an American author and voice coach, who describes himself as a \"Voice Builder\". His clients ..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b7/gary-catona-68172_excitement_i-feel-a-great-sense-of-pride-and-joy-kn_520596.jpg" --- # Gary Catona (1952) Opera Vocal Coach **4** quotes in **36** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Gary Catona is an opera vocal coach. ## Quick Facts About Gary Catona Born September 25, 1952 Profession Opera Vocal Coach ## About Gary Catona American author and voice coach... \| Gary Anthony Catona is an American author and voice coach, who describes himself as a "Voice Builder". His clients have included Whitney Houston, Andrea Bocelli and Muhammad Ali. ## Quotes by Gary Catona > [I feel a great sense of pride and joy knowing that I played a part in bringing into the world more beauty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-catona/i-feel-a-great-sense-of-pride-and-joy-knowing-that-i-played-a-part-in/) [Gary Catona](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-catona/) [Excitement](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/excitement/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b7/gary-catona-68172_excitement_i-feel-a-great-sense-of-pride-and-joy-kn_520596.jpg) > [Singing is a kind of sport and a singer a kind of athlete and following this model becoming "vocally fit" - building…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-catona/singing-is-a-kind-of-sport-and-a-singer-a-kind-of-athlete-and/) [Gary Catona](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-catona/) [Athlete](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/athlete/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/606/gary-catona-68172_athlete_singing-is-a-kind-of-sport-and-a-singer_1504244.jpg) > [It's one point to build a singing voice, but giving someone his or her own voice back is something else all together…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-catona/it-s-one-point-to-build-a-singing-voice-but-giving-someone-his-or-her/) [Gary Catona](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-catona/) [Communicate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/communicate/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c2/gary-catona-68172_communicate_it-s-one-point-to-build-a-singing-voice_2272762.jpg) > [All singers, no matter how gifted, should always try to go improve. And all students begin in the same place despite the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-catona/all-singers-no-matter-how-gifted-should-always-try-to-go-improve-and/) [Gary Catona](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-catona/) [Ability](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ability/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a2/gary-catona-68172_ability_all-singers-no-matter-how-gifted-should_2591871.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-catona/#itemlist", "name": "Gary Catona Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I feel a great sense of pride and joy knowing that I played a part in bringing into the world more beauty and excitement.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Gary Catona" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-catona/i-feel-a-great-sense-of-pride-and-joy-knowing-that-i-played-a-part-in/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b7/gary-catona-68172_excitement_i-feel-a-great-sense-of-pride-and-joy-kn_520596.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b7/gary-catona-68172_excitement_i-feel-a-great-sense-of-pride-and-joy-kn_520596.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b7/gary-catona-68172_excitement_i-feel-a-great-sense-of-pride-and-joy-kn_520596.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I feel a great sense of pride and joy knowing that I played a part in bringing into the world more beauty…” — Gary Catona", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Singing is a kind of sport and a singer a kind of athlete and following this model becoming \"vocally fit\" - building vocal muscles - should be the point of any form of voice teaching. Other approaches don't work directly on building vocal muscles but instead focus on so-called diaphragm support and breathing, mask singing, breath control, throat relaxation - all of which are useless at best and harmful at worst.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Gary Catona" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-catona/singing-is-a-kind-of-sport-and-a-singer-a-kind-of-athlete-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/606/gary-catona-68172_athlete_singing-is-a-kind-of-sport-and-a-singer_1504244.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/606/gary-catona-68172_athlete_singing-is-a-kind-of-sport-and-a-singer_1504244.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/606/gary-catona-68172_athlete_singing-is-a-kind-of-sport-and-a-singer_1504244.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Singing is a kind of sport and a singer a kind of athlete and following this model becoming \"vocally fit\"…” — Gary Catona", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It's one point to build a singing voice, but giving someone his or her own voice back is something else all together different. 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