Approach Quote by Steve Lacy

You got to play the flute as a flute, like that. You can't play like a tenor concept on soprano; it sounds wrong. But…

— Jerome Richardson

A soprano's voice is a little like a mother's cry, which is why it attracts all human beings.

— Montserrat Caballe

I am actually a soprano. No one knows this.

— Donna Lynne Champlin

The baritone can serve functions that the alto and tenor cannot, in orchestral voicing

— Gerry Mulligan

“Everyone knows that when advancing into danger, the soprano goes first. They are your infantry, while the altos and tenors are your cavalry, and…

— Rick Riordan

In my mind these two instruments speak to me in different ways, and the solo stuff seems to be easier to do on the…

— Evan Parker

Everything has become so pop-rock oriented that finding a role for a soprano, and finding an audience for a soprano, is tricky. Unless you're…

— Laura Benanti

I would think, of all the saxophones, the baritone would be the most logical instrument if anybody was adding a voice to the symphony…

— Gerry Mulligan

Only the French, I guess, really use tenor and alto to any great extent in the orchestra

— Gerry Mulligan

Opera: I like it, except for all those howling sopranos and caterwauling tenors. (Why can't tenors sing like men?)

— Edward Abbey

I think that 'The Sopranos' uses music incredibly well.

— Alexandra Patsavas

An operatic voice is like no other.

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg