Sam Elliott

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.

American Actor

Heber J. Grant

When I was about forty-three years of age, I had a private secretary with a beautiful baritone voice. I told him I would give anything in the world if I could only carry a tune. He laughed and said, 'Anybody who has a voice and perseverance can sing.

American Clergyman

David Bowie

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.

English Musician

Shamir

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.

American Musician

Johnny Olson

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

American Entertainer

Placido Domingo

When I was a young man, I was a baritone, very far from possessing the whole range of the tenor then.

Spanish Musician

Joe Bastianich

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

American Chef

Gerry Mulligan

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

Jim Crace

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

English Writer

Alexander Armstrong

English Actor

Baritone voices can be very clear and easy to understand due to their pitch.

Voice Clarity

Most adult men have baritone voices, making it a common male voice type.

Common in Men

Remember, a baritone is lower than a tenor but not as deep as a bass.

Not Too Deep

Baritone as an adjective often implies a middle range in instruments and voices.

Middle Range

Baritone instruments provide a versatile sound suitable for various music genres.

Versatile Sound

Baritone singers often play specific character roles in operas and musicals.

Voice for Roles

Baritone voices are crucial in choral groups for harmony and vocal blend.

Choral Importance

While often brass, baritones can be part of other families like woodwinds.

Not Just Brass

In bands, the baritone often provides the harmony and bridges gaps in the sound.

Band Role

Baritone tones are typically warm and can fill a room with sound.

Warm Quality

 Baritone thunder. Snarling winds. Consuming downpours. Okeechobee, the disastrous hurricane of 1928,

Can love and independence...

 And here's the great baritone James Maddalena as he enters The System. This is a sneak preview.