Quotes About Talent

I was listening to Jimi Hendrix; I just admire his artistry and creativity as an artist.

I wanted to be the greatest woman guitarist alive. I had fantasies about being a female Jimi Hendrix.

I don't know if anybody will ever be as good as Hendrix again.

Jimi Hendrix is a classic example of a player in which everything he did, it was all in his hands.

There were people who went for serious mind enhancement, like Jimi Hendrix or John Lennon, although I didn't really need to do that. I was blessed with an incredibly fertile imagination.

Heck, I'm no Henry Mancini or Michel Legrand. I just play the guitar and write songs.

I loved the style of Wenger, and I admired players like Thierry Henry and Dennis Bergkamp.

When I came to Arsenal years ago, I saw things from Dennis Bergkamp and Thierry Henry I'd never seen before.

Arsene helped me off the field too. He was like a second dad to me. He loved a player with very good quality and ability with the ball. That's why he enjoyed Thierry Henry, Nwankwo Kanu and Bergkamp.

If you've got someone like Thierry Henry in your team, you get him on the ball.

Dennis Bergkamp and Thierry Henry had more quality than Sergio Aguero and Gabriel Jesus.

Ariana Grande is a billionaire before she's been an artist. You have to work to be able to appreciate what you have... what work did she ever have to do in her life?

When I was about five, I could do a vaguely decent American accent - straight through kind of decent - and 'Hercules' needed some kids. I definitely wasn't a good actor.

It has been said that a man of genius should select his ancestors with great care - and yet there does not seem to be as much in heredity as most people think. The children of the great are often small.

My nose was part of my heritage, and if I had talent to sing and to act, why wasn't that enough?

I'm not a guitar hero.

Comedy always came easier for me. But I would have loved to have been an action hero.

As far as music, Louis Armstrong is one of my heroes.

Martin Lawrence is one of my comedic heroes, and he's a genius.

On 'Heroes' I got to work with Greg Grunberg all the time and Masi Oka, and they both are just wonderful actors. I don't know - you learn so much by watching people like that, I guess.

I used to play quite a good lead guitar, R&B style. Clapton and BB King are heroes.

I've acted with shorter heroes, and no one has objected.

There are thousands of good-looking women out there. Longevity for a heroine doesn't come only with good looks: talent matters.

Good looks may be enough for a heroine, but to become an artiste, you need at least a working knowledge of the language.