Quotes About Talent

Cee Lo - to me, his voice is classic; I've personally said to him before, 'For me, your voice is as special as a Michael Jackson vocal,' because of what he can do, his range. I said that to him, and I mean that.

Rihanna's voice is just delicious for your ear. Sinatra had the same thing; anything he sang sounded pleasing to most people.

It's something that I've always done. I started singing when I was four years old; that was the first time I took a voice lesson. I would say, maybe from five years on, I sang on stages constantly. That's what I call my natural habitat: It's a place where I feel most like myself and the most confident, the most excited.

You don't try to do anything that Morgan Freeman does. He was the voice of God in a movie. That's Morgan Freeman!

To be honest, I'm not really prepared to do a musical, simply because I think I have a pretty atrocious voice.

When my voice breaks, it recovers automatically. I don't do anything special to maintain my voice. I have a natural voice and don't have to take care of it.

Because my early music was heavily produced, people assume my voice was also heavily produced.

That's one thing you hear in my voice today. I could yodel from one octave to another octave. It always fascinated me.

The way I look at it, a footballer wouldn't play in flip-flops or dip their feet in acid and then expect to get to David Beckham's level. My voice is my living, so I'll be looking after it.

I was a child prodigy who had a freak voice of something like four octaves.

If you are a singer and you lose your voice, you realize that you have other skill sets when that is taken out of the equation.

I am an entertainer and would sing a song if I know my voice would do justice to it.

I auditioned for 'The Voice' because I really wanted to try and figure out a way to get myself out there. I really couldn't imagine doing anything else - music was the only thing that I really clung to.

I think people really like my voice, the way I sing, the things I put in a song.

My parents were opera singers and voice teachers, so growing up, I admired musicians and dancers.

I don't claim to be a great vocalist, but I know how to work my voice with its limitations. My talent is I know how to work what I have. It might not always be a picture-perfect performance, but what we look for is the emotion.

I always wanted to be a singer, and so, when I was 5 years old, I started acting classes so I could be a better performer. I wanted to have a powerful voice so I could be heard.

When I was 6, I opened my mouth and didn't stop singing. I had a voice and wanted to use it.

In my opinion, anybody can sing. If they have a voice, they must sing.

I always vaguely knew I wanted to perform, but I haven't got the greatest singing voice and my dancing isn't up to scratch. Acting was really the only alternative. My parents have been really supportive throughout.

Bubbles was a very good dancer. Tremendous dancer. He was one of our leading dancers of the country at that time. And, of course, he didn't have much of a voice.

As luck would have it, my voice is best when it's kind of blown out.

It's my instinct more than my voice that keeps me on top.

I had this exceptional classical music voice. If I'd followed a true path for my talent, I would have ended up being an opera singer.