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"I love to sing and I do think that my strength as a singer is... I think I have a voice that is certainly sufficient under most any circumstances... but I think my strength is that I really am an actor and I really do have to own what I am saying"

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There is a quiet humility in the way Gregory Harrison builds his claim: not with a diva-style declaration of vocal greatness, but with a carefully placed ceiling. His voice is "sufficient", a word that sounds almost apologetic, like he is refusing the mythology that singing is a pure gift you either possess or you do not. In an entertainment culture addicted to ranking vocalists and fetishizing technical prowess, Harrison reframes the job as something closer to storytelling under pressure.

The repeated "I think" is doing work, too. It signals self-awareness and a performer's instinct for qualification: he knows exactly how easily a singer's confidence can read as ego. That hedging becomes a kind of credibility. He's not auditioning for the role of "great singer"; he's auditioning for the role of "honest interpreter."

The pivot to "actor" is the real thesis. Harrison is staking out a lane familiar to stage performers and screen actors who sing: technique matters, but believability is the currency. "Own what I am saying" implies that the lyric cannot just be executed; it has to be inhabited. Subtextually, he's resisting the idea of the voice as an instrument separate from the person. He is arguing that the audience's attachment isn't built by perfect notes so much as by the feeling that someone is risking something emotionally in real time.

Context matters: an actor who sings is often treated as a novelty or compromise. Harrison flips that bias into an advantage, suggesting that the actor's discipline - intention, character, stakes - can make "sufficient" sound unforgettable.

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Harrison, Gregory. (2026, January 15). I love to sing and I do think that my strength as a singer is... I think I have a voice that is certainly sufficient under most any circumstances... but I think my strength is that I really am an actor and I really do have to own what I am saying. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-love-to-sing-and-i-do-think-that-my-strength-as-148397/

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Harrison, Gregory. "I love to sing and I do think that my strength as a singer is... I think I have a voice that is certainly sufficient under most any circumstances... but I think my strength is that I really am an actor and I really do have to own what I am saying." FixQuotes. January 15, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-love-to-sing-and-i-do-think-that-my-strength-as-148397/.

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"I love to sing and I do think that my strength as a singer is... I think I have a voice that is certainly sufficient under most any circumstances... but I think my strength is that I really am an actor and I really do have to own what I am saying." FixQuotes, 15 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-love-to-sing-and-i-do-think-that-my-strength-as-148397/. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.

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Gregory Harrison (born May 31, 1950) is a Actor from USA.

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