Quotes About Talent

I have a very clear understanding of what my voice is. It's like a B voice. It hovers around B-minus, B-plus. I have great friends who are wonderful singers, and I know I'll never be able to do that. But singing through a character is something I can do.

I know singers; I've worked with some of the greatest singers in the world.

I am inspired by all kinds of players and singers.

So many singers want to act, and so many actors try to sing.

I never pursued voice hard enough. I've done musicals here and there, but I was never dedicated to really being one of these fantastic, operatic kind of singers that you have to be in some of these musicals.

Reality shows are the perfect platform to boost one's career and the only way new singers can get work.

A film is made for actors and actresses, not for singers.

Right from my first film, I've introduced several singers and lyricists to the industry.

I want to lead the pack in the process of making Indian singers bigger than actors internationally.

There are so many young singers I meet from Delhi, and I am sure they will attain heights some day. They all are very good, and I am very proud of them.

I think that live shows are more important for singers than composers, because composers still get a lot of recognition as compared to a singer.

When you talk about me having a favorite singer, it's Celine. She is not only one of the most amazing singers, but she is just an amazing person.

If I stop practising, I will be an average singer. There are a lot of singers I know who hardly practise, yet sing well.

You're one of the most natural, great singers I've heard in a long time.

He was a manager, one of the singers, I guess talent coordinator for the local talent in Harlem. His name was Lover Patterson. He was living right across the street from where my dad had his restaurant. I guess he saw a lot of kids come in, a lot of my buddies.

Very few opera singers in history have been able to cross into popular music.

I never call myself a singer, ever. I never will. I've always been really embarrassed about my voice. I've never been confident about it. I think it's a little bit better now than when I first started. There are people I admire who are genuinely brilliant singers and I know the difference between what they can do and what I can do.

Lots of opera singers are just boring.

A lot of the new people they choose on shows like 'American Idol' and things like that - I don't ever hear lead singers. They always seem to choose to pick people that are great singers, fabulous singers, but they've never got the voice that makes a great lead singer.

It used to be that film stars didn't want to do TV, and actors weren't singing, and singers weren't acting. Everybody's kind of crossing over to whatever they want to do. So I feel like, if you have it, use it. If God's given you this talent, then use it.

I've been blessed because there are a lot of great singers out there that didn't make it past their first album.

There are so many great singers out there.

Obviously there are a lot of 12-year-olds over in America who are incredible singers.

People have this idea that opera singers are overweight and sit at home eating bonbons. But I consider myself an athlete.