“I think what really separates artists from the rest of the world is that artists feel like they have permission to keep exploring and expressing their process. Most people censor that because they don't think it's good enough. Everything is measured against this patriarchal hierarchy of value, as if one person's singing voice is more important than another's.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldFeelsPersonsImportantEnoughArtistValuesProcessVoiceSingingGood EnoughPermissionExploringHierarchy Author:Antony Hegarty
“I think, with music in general, people just inevitably connect with feeling. The opportunity to hear expressed feeling. That's what has always drawn me towards music. It's something where, by connecting to someone else's voice, I feel less lonely. I feel more alive. I feel more connected to the world and to the rest of humanity. Sometimes a voice can be like a lifeline.” PeopleThinkingWorldFeelsSometimesFeelingsHumanityOpportunityVoiceAliveLonelyConnectedConnectingLifelines Author:Antony Hegarty
“When I was a junior in college I moved to New York and went to this performance school the Experimental Theatre Wing. We had singing class and again, some of the other students would cry when I was singing, and I really didn't know why. I started to realize that there was something in the tone of my voice that was evocative for them.” KnowsSchoolVoiceRealizingClassCryNew YorkStudentsCollegeSingingPerformancesMovedWingsTheatreToneJuniors Author:Antony Hegarty
“Diane Cluck is a virtuosic talent with an emotionality that feels at once ancient and alien. Her mastery of her voice as an ecstatic instrument is so compelling.” FeelsVoiceTalentInstrumentsAncientAliensMasteryCompellingEcstatic Author:Antony Hegarty