Quotes About Talent

I always got great respect as a bass player.

If a jazz player is really playing, the classical player will have to respect him.

The fact that most people do not understand and respect the very best things, such as Mozart's concertos, is what permits men like us to become famous.

No, but I've always felt that with true talent, and a commitment to hard work, it is possible to achieve an enduring respect and appreciation. In other words, I don't take my fans for granted.

I despair about the lack of proper respect shown for the piano. If you want it to sound like a traffic jam, go out in the street and forget the piano. That's not a piano sound.

I think that at its best you just have to respect each arena for what they can do well.

Your talent sets you apart: if you were a toad or a tarantula, even then, people would respect you, for to talent all things are forgiven.

I have a lot of respect for people who are great at ad-libbing, and for writers and directors who are able to create a scene in which that works.

It would be great to be able to follow in the footsteps of Bill Murray. I really respect his ability as a comedian, obviously, but even more so as an actor.

There is only one thing I respect in so-called Broadway actors... and that is their competitive sense.

Artists don't come much cooler and well rounded than Lady Gaga. Love and respect.

Gross and vulgar minds will always pay a higher respect to wealth than to talent; for wealth, although it be a far less efficient source of power than talent, happens to be far more intelligible.

All due respect and trying to be as modest as I can be, I am a dancer. But I don't think I would be on 'Dancing with the Stars,' mainly because I would be too shy.

It's just such a pleasure to bring a talent you respect to the world.

With all due respect to the world's great drummers - it ain't brain surgery.

My husband acts and I have such respect for those that do it well, that I wouldn't even try to pretend I can act.

There are two classes of poets - the poets by education and practice, these we respect; and poets by nature, these we love.

Well you know, I have the utmost respect for people like Angelina Jolie and Zoe Saldana in 'Colombiana.

Genius attracts more hate than love and more disrespect than respect; at least for the first few hundred years.

I see my job as an actor to be as good a channel as I can be. Acting is a gift, and I have respect for it.

I have a lot of respect for people with a lot of talent.

Happy is the man whom the Muses love: sweet speech flows from his mouth.

Hugh Grant is the main man. He's the number one romantic comedy man in the world.

If you were to say to me that you needed a romantic and sentimental song in four hours, I would have that song written in four hours.