Quotes About Talent

I discovered at the age of five that I could sing, and I realised people liked it. The sound that came out made people happy, so I kept doing it.

I signed up to be a musician, I want to perform, I want to sing.

At seventeen years old, I found out I could sing, and I got up and sang in a club, and I got a big hand, and I thought, 'I'm gonna continue this.' So that's how it all began.

It's just as well I can sing as I couldn't do a factory job with all these physical limitations.

Don't get me wrong: I love a massive show with dancers and the works, and I love Zumba! But I just want there to be more people who just sing.

The most important thing to keep in mind is the incredible diversity of talent that's out there - there are so many great actors from all over Asia, from Singapore and Hong Kong to the Philippines and Mainland China, not to mention many great Asian-American actors who are eager for fun and challenging roles.

I like Madonna a lot. I think she's really good, and I think she's a good singer.

You don't have to be a good singer any more if you can rap well.

I don't feel like God called me to be a gospel singer. He didn't call me to be a Christian singer; he called me to be a country singer, and I just happen to be a Christian.

When you're a ranchera singer, you represent your country. It's a God-given gift.

Karen Carpenter was just a singularly amazing singer. There was just not anybody like her.

It's funny, I guess when I was growing up, I didn't really think about being an instrumentalist, per se. I didn't think, well, I want to be a piano player, or, I want to be a guitar player, or even, I want to be a singer. I just wanted to be a musician.

I'd always wanted to be an actress or a model or a singer.

If you play an instrument, it makes you a better singer. The more you play, the better you sing, the more you sing, the better you play.

The better voice doesn't mean being a better singer.

I've always wanted to be a singer and an actor. I will continue to concentrate on both because I love both.

I wasn't a great background singer.

I am huge fan of Lata Mangeshkar, Kishore Kumar, Mohammad Rafi, Ghulam Ali and Mehdi Hassan. Listening to these people inspired me to become a singer.

I am an untrained musician and a common man's singer.

My father was a classical pianist, and my mother was a singer of just about everything.

I moonlight as a singer.

Above all, I am an opera singer. This is how people will remember me.

I got my first acting role because I was a singer.

I really don't think of myself as a singer. I think of myself as an entertainer, and the best place I do it is onstage.