Cassette tapes Quote by Ryan Adams

A lot of artists don't like the sound of their voice. They're put off by it.

— Narada Michael Walden

In the past, I've written my songs and then asked friends if they could record the vocals. I didn't want to use my own…

— Sophie

Working on my own vocals is something I've been avoiding. But, I'm constantly thinking of ways to be able to include my own vocals…

— Hans-Peter Lindstrøm

Trying to make your own sound is hard. When I was producing for other artists, I could just produce and write songs as a…

— Karl Wolf

I usually like to hide my vocals behind the music. I don't like to hide them consciously, but I have a tendency to prefer…

— Julia Holter

I don't believe that recordings should sound radically better than the artist, I think that's dishonest. For example, I'm not a great singer but…

— Malcolm Wilson

When I've produced a song, I try to record a vocal over it, and sometimes it becomes really hard. Sometimes I've already said a…

— Sampha

I do not like people writing songs and then other people singing them. A lot of people don't even sing their own songs anymore.…

— Afrojack

So often, the singer is the sound of the record. People think they can cover anything, but the whole voice is the thing that's…

— Marc Almond

When writing songs, especially if they're kinda semi-true to you, a lot of people hide behind whatever their idea of themselves is in the…

— El-P

Something on mainstream radio is very in your face with the vocals. I tried that, and it just doesn't feel like Washed Out. It's…

— Washed Out

I think when we do our job right, our artists don't sound like anybody else. I have a real hard time with voices that…

— Scott Borchetta