Quotes About Talent

You know, Billy Corgan has a big vision. He has a great idea for what he wants to do and how he wants to distribute it and I have always liked Billy and Dave Lagana's platform as far as being more character-driven and just kind of let us do our own thing and let the talent be talented.

I never consciously set out to be an actor. I just kind of did whatever acting I could do.

I just kind of fell into acting.

I didn't take music seriously in the beginning. It just kind of a hobby to me. It was something that I love doing for fun.

I'm kind of an animated person. I was given this really big blessing that my voice just kind of carries the emotion.

We don't get every kid. We get the ones we are supposed to get. It just kind of plays out that way, and it always has.

We'll open for anyone, we are just looking to play.

It's cliche, but everybody says, 'We're all one song away,' and it's so true. The difference between me and the guy down the street busking with his guitar case open is just one song.

I know that people know me for my dunks, but if you've seen me play you know that's just one part of my game.

Talent can pop up anywhere in the world, it's not just one city block.

Once I started singing, I didn't have to try to be cool. I was just one of the coolest guys around.

I am not the only player who plays with both feet. There are a lot. Here at Barca, too. I have always, since I was young, wanted to play with both feet, not just one, because it limits you.

Playing guitar was a calling, but I never realized that it was going to be a career. It was just something I did out of love.

Guitar playing is just something that came to me and is really second nature now.

I've always been singing, and acting was just something that happened.

Writing music is just something that I was born to do.

It wasn't my dream to make music. It was just something I ended up doing, and no one said stop.

There's always two or three players I like, and why I like them, I can't tell you. There's just something about them I think would be great on a team.

But acting is just something I do. It's not a passion like filmmaking is.

I didn't set out to write. It was just something I always could do. Teachers would say, 'you really have this gift,' but I just didn't care.

There's a lot of Donald Glovers, Jordan Peeles, Justin Simiens. And there's a lot of me's, too.

Just like Michael Jackson in the Jackson 5 or Beyonce in Destiny's Child or Justin Timberlake in 'NSYNC. I just think there's something unique and special about the breakout stars in groups. I think you're able to kind of connect differently with the audience when you're used to having that support.

Not to speak disparagingly of Justin Bieber or Rihanna, but they're not so hands-on with their image or their sound. They don't write the music. They have people doing things for them.

You can tell black artists are front and centre when Usher discovers and launches Justin Bieber.