Quotes About Talent

From the get-go, I was wise enough to say, 'Well, I'm playing rhythm 'cause Angus could really soar with the leads.' I used to mess around a little bit with lead at the time but not much; Angus, he was just so much better; he just went for it, and it was brilliant. My place was sitting with rhythm, and I love rhythm. I've always loved it.

I admire Gaga. She's very talented and wise, that girl.

Jimmy Snuka was one of the great performers in the business. In ring performance wise he was phenomenal.

In New Mexico, my local church did a nativity play, and I was cast as Wise Man #3. Of course, Wise Man #3 had no damn lines. Wise Man #1 had all the lines! I stood there thinking, 'I could do that role so much better!' From that moment on, I knew I wanted to be an actor.

I think I chose wisely. When it came down to it, I knew I was a better goalkeeper than I was a bowler.

I really wish I knew what I was doing because I'd be writing hit songs every minute.

My love of performing goes way back. My mom got me on 'Romper Room' when I was five - it was my favorite show. But they couldn't control me. I would run up and smack the camera, and I'd jump around and do my little flips and routines. I wish I could get that tape now.

I wish I was a great cricket player, but I am not.

Almost everything I've done, I've done through my own creativity. I don't think I ever had to listen to anyone else to learn how to play drums. I wish I could say that for about ten thousand other drummers.

I only ever call up the best players, or at least the players who are the most suited to the way I wish to play.

I wish I was a shredder that could play everything, but I don't have the patience.

That's my only active wish. I think if I sang like Don Henley, this would be a lot more agreeable business.

I always think everyone else is funnier than me. I look at other comedians and I say, 'I wish I was that good.' People think I'm funny, and I say, 'I'm not.'

Marvin Gaye was a friend of mine, and he used to say, 'Man, I wish I could sing like you - if I could have that growl in my voice.' And I said, 'Man, are you kidding me? I want to sing like you. Everybody wants to sing like you.'

I wish I could make music about politics. I feel like it's such an art and a talent that I admire tremendously, but when I step into the studio, I step out of the real world, and it's therapeutic.

Chris Brown is brilliant. That cat is crazy brilliant, and I wish him the best.

People say I'm the white Aretha Franklin. I wish I was her.

You should have seen Willie Wells play shortstop: as good as Ozzie Smith and a better hitter. How I wish people could have seen Ray Dandridge play third base, as good as Brooks Robinson and Craig Nettles and all of those. He was bowlegged; a train might go through there, but not a baseball.

I know some of those 'Glee' people, and they can really sing! I wish we could hear them live, because I know some of them and they can really sing like nobody's business.

I don't run after money or fame. The only thing I have always wished is to be a classical singer.

I think I always wished I could play guitar as well as Jimi Hendrix.

There are a lot of artists that I love, and I think they're really talented, and they're good dancers as well. I've always wished that I could combine that.

Pops, he was a singer's singer. I loved to hear my father sing. He just was so laid-back and cool. I always wished I could sing like Pops.

Prince never, ever mentioned it except to say he wished he was taller so he could play basketball. He was actually a really great basketball player.