Elvis Presley: "In my humble opinion, Roy Orbison is the greatest singer I have ever heard."
Bob Dylan: "His voice could jar a corpse, always leave you muttering to yourself something like, 'Man, I don't believe it.' There wasn't anything else on the radio like him."
Tom Waits: "To me, his voice sounds like the wind forming words and being sent to you from across time. His voice is so alone it defies comparison."
Kris Kristofferson: "With one of the most beautiful voices in the history of recorded music he could easily have had an opera star's ego, but he was one of the humblest, kindest, sweetest human beings to grace this planet."
Dwight Yoakam: "Roy Orbison's voice sounded like the cry of an angel falling backward through an open window."
k.d. Lang: “Roy Orbison was like a folk opera singer."
Tom Petty: “We used to always tell him that, 'Roy, you must be the best singer in the world,' and he'd say, 'Yeah.'”
Wilbury Wednesdays: Episode 2 – The Voice
Roy Orbison was one of the greatest singers who ever lived. In this episode, we follow “The Big-O” from Texas rockabilly kid to international star, tracing the rise of that impossible voice and the string of hits that made him a hero to generations of musicians—and the heart of the Wilburys.
Wilbury Wednesdays is a new limited series for paid subscribers where we explore the wild and wonderful world of the late-80s supergroup Traveling Wilburys. New episodes every Wednesday.
