Quotes About Talent

My son, O'Shea. He looks like me, and he can rhyme.

My grandfather is a musician, my son is a musician and a singer. My mother played the piano too.

I want to try and do as much as I can as an actor. So far I think I've done pretty well with being a minister's son. And now I know I'm pretty darn good at playing a woman too.

I'm developing artists for my new record label, my son's band, Intangible, being one of them.

My son is very into music and really familiar with my voice.

I'm a devotee of Stephen Sondheim. I think he's a genius.

Musically, I'm a huge fan of Stephen Sondheim, and I love, love 'Sweeney Todd.'

Stephen Sondheim I am in awe of.

I always sing Adele in the shower. But everyone should know you never sing an Adele song in public because no one's better than Adele.

One of the reasons I didn't ever pursue a career - in the music world if you're black or mixed, you need to be able to belt a song or else you're not a singer, you know?

My 9-year-old daughter can recite every line from 'Easy Rider,' and that is not an easy song to do. She raps all of Nicki Minaj and everything; she's dope. She has my musical ear for sure. She sings, and she's beautiful. It's very powerful.

One day I was at the park with my family, all my cousins and stuff, in Frankston... We were all just singing a song and my aunty was like 'oh guys, she can actually hold a note.' I think that's the earliest memory of someone actually pointing me out as someone that has an ability to sing. I was probably like 7 years old.

I am always happy to use my song and dance training.

Hollywood has realised that we do have actors and are not just mad about song and dance.

My initial impulse was to be an entertainer, a song and dance man.

I've always said there aren't great composers- there are great songs.

A lot of songs I'm kind of singing and rapping.

I'd like to be remembered as a premier singer of songs, not just a popular act of a given period.

It's a rare combination to have someone who can write songs and sing well.

Anyone who's got a guitar, you like to pick it up. I can play a couple of songs, some '50s rock and roll, a bit of Elvis. That's it, really - I'm not a musician, I'm not a singer.

I don't fight my ability to sing sad songs: it's what I am good at, so I must be built for that.

You can make a hit song in 15 minutes. I don't know about someone else's song, but songs that people like of mine, I've created in 15 minutes or less.

A lot of great songs get looked over.

I've been writing joke songs since I was a kid and it served me well at S.N.L. I can write those in my sleep. In fact, I have.