18 Baritone Quotes for You to Enjoy

I wanted to be Gerry Mulligan, only, see, I didn't have any kind of technique. So I thought, well, baritone sax is kind of easier; I can manage that - except I couldn't afford a baritone, so I bought an alto, which was the same fingering. David Bowie

Thought Sax Easier Kind See Only Except Bought Well Alto Gerry Afford Manage Same Any Wanted Which Baritone Technique

My voice gets recognized before anything else. It's always gotten attention. In choruses at church and school, I started as a tenor, moved to a baritone and finally became a bass. I knew then that my voice would be my instrument. Now if I want to hide, I just keep my mouth shut. Sam Elliott

Hide School Church Before Mouth Bass Else Finally Recognized Would Would-Be Voice Tenor Knew Attention Instrument Became Always Gotten Gets Just Moved Want Anything Anything Else Then Baritone Keep Now Shut Started

You can't sing baritone when you're a soprano. Jim Crace

You Soprano Sing Baritone

I wasn't the best in my class at the Royal Academy. There was a really good soprano and baritone who were technically better and are doing really well in opera now. But I was definitely the best mezzo-soprano in my class, because I was the only one of those! Katherine Jenkins

Most of us remember Nat King Cole as a vocalist. His warm, grainy baritone is still so closely identified with such familiar ballads as 'Stardust' and 'The Christmas Song' that it's hard to imagine anyone else performing them. Terry Teachout

Christmas Song Remember King Else Vocalist Performing Most Identified Ballads Still Nat King Cole His Familiar Closely Anyone Anyone Else Them Warm Us Baritone Hard Stardust Imagine

Nixon, with his mellifluous baritone, was a great politician for radio but creepy on TV. Richard Corliss

Great Politician Nixon TV His Baritone Radio Creepy

I can hit baritone notes, and I can sing in the soprano range if I wanted to. I did this thing a long time ago where I did a duet with myself. I sound like two different people. Shamir

I would love to have a chat with Michael Jackson. For the sole purpose of seeing if he has a deep voice or not. A lot of people say he actually had a deep baritone, but then on TV he always had the high pitched squeaky voice. I would love to spend some time with him. Ashley Walters

Love Time People Spend Sole Sole Purpose Say TV High Would People Say Seeing Some Voice Purpose Chat Had He Him Always Lot Michael Michael Jackson Jackson Then Baritone Deep Actually

I'm a baritone. Baritones don't mature until late. Joe Bastianich

Late Until Mature Baritone

When I was a teenager, my mom got me a really nice baritone ukulele. Lou Barlow

Mom Me Nice Teenager Ukulele Got Really Baritone

In a way, I started out to be a baritone player. Gerry Mulligan

Way Out Baritone Player Started

So I played alto for quite a while until I saved up the money for the baritone. Gerry Mulligan

Money Saved Until Alto Up Quite Quite A While While Baritone Played

I played in the high school band. I was the one baritone saxophone out of 80 other people. No one could tell whether I was hittin' the right notes or the wrong notes. Bobby Keys

People School Band Other Saxophone Out Tell High High School Could No-One Wrong Whether Notes Baritone Right Played

I used a baritone guitar with a very unusual tuning that became the body of the composition, while the classical guitar is on top of it with the main rhythm part. Lee Ritenour

Guitar Top Composition Classical Classical Guitar Main Part Unusual Became Very Tuning Rhythm While Body Baritone Used

Because of her interest and demands, I amplified an average baritone voice into one that is loud and clear. Johnny Olson

Voice Clear Demands Because Loud Interest Average Baritone Her Amplified