Quotes About Talent

Our young people are some of the best and most talented in the world - they are driven, entrepreneurial, and innovative - and with the help of people who have already made it in the world of work, they can go on to be the bosses and employers of the future.

An artiste's input, her ability to create dimensions within the given space is very important.

You cannot put a song - you cannot put a person's talent over somebody's humanity. That's just insane.

I still think that rookie season was the most shocking to everyone, at least in my hometown here. I mean, it was insane. They couldn't believe I was doing this.

It's insane for me to say this, but I've never been in a room with anyone that's more talented on the electric guitar than Brendan O'Brien.

I feel like I can do any kind of acting. It's hard to convince other people of that. I feel very confident that most any role, I would be able to do it. I don't have a lot of insecurities around acting.

I understand the insecurities that come with being a part of showbiz. You need not just talent but a little bit of madness to be on top of the game.

My elbows are double-jointed, so I can flip them inside out.

I think children have talent and insight, but it gets beaten out of them.

I could have probably built a great career in management consulting, but one of the insights that I had early on is that just because you're good at something doesn't mean that you should continue to do it. Somewhere in my heart of hearts I knew it wasn't what I wanted to do.

I didn't really want to sing at first, but my dad insisted that I do.

Ghulam Ali Khan saab is my greatest inspiration.

Babyface is definitely a big inspiration.

Celine Dion is my major inspiration.

Beyonce is one of my inspirations. Her attitude, her style, her voice... she's perfect.

Amy Winehouse is one of my biggest inspirations.

I have been lucky enough to work with people who inspire me, who I admire and respect, and who have made films - before working with me - that I continually return to over the years because they are so good.

Art is something you can't teach, but you can inspire it.

I definitely want to play someone who's inspired me. I would love to play Aaliyah; it would be personal because I love her so much.

I just want to do great work: work that inspires people... To know that you are given this gift in life and that you can gift other people with it, that's the most rewarding thing for me.

Amy Adams is incredible and inspiring - she's amazing.

I was born, for instance, incapable of appreciating music.

One of the big concerns I have is that most of the HR departments in a lot of companies are hiring away from creativity and they don't know it. For instance, they are requiring everybody to have a college degree. The most creative people I know couldn't deal with college.

Because nobody wanted to play bass, I was instantly in a band.