Belly Quote by Pete Seeger

I knew from a young age that I could sing and it was impressed upon me that if I got a classically trained education…

— Shuler Hensley

I took vocal lessons all through my childhood and still do. I was classically trained.

— Sofia Carson

After about three lessons [my] voice teacher said, "Don't take voice lessons. Do it your way. You're a song stylist. Always do it your…

— Johnny Cash

I'm sure any vocal teacher that listens to me would rather cut my throat than do anything.

— Julie London

I remember being in college and taking a class on classical music and getting a big laugh when I said very sincerely that I…

— Ira Kaplan

No voice teacher can be all things to all people. You have to gain information from whatever sources you can. You have to listen.

— Renee Fleming

Some critics have written that I wanted to teach through singing. Not at all. I was learning I went to school every time I…

— Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

If you have a great love of singing, supported by others' fondness for your voice, then it is worth making every effort, of making…

— Andrea Bocelli

Speech lessons probably did more for my singing voice - they teach you breathing, resonance

— Harry Dean Stanton

Literally, when I go to the vocal coach, I'm like, 'You are teaching me nothing.' You know?

— Zara Larsson

I don't believe in singing lessons. You can sing or you can't.

— Harry Dean Stanton

Nobody thought I could do anything with a singing career... except my singing teachers, who were accustomed to hearing voices that could be transformed…

— Barbi Benton