Quotes About Talent

To be fair to David Brent, he wants to be famous for doing something, for being a musician, but he's just not good enough.

Every time I looked in the mirror, it was like, 'You're not good enough.' 'There's always someone more popular.' 'There's always someone more gifted in music.'

I do believe I'm not good enough to be a professional dancer. I believe that in my heart.

I'm really not interested in showing me or playing me. My gift as an actor, given to me, is to be able to become other people.

I just want to work on music and make some new stars. I'm not interested in being a star.

I feel like if you see five films not knowing who made them, you know which one is the Coen Brothers.

Because I'm not perfect looking, I get to play better roles.

The Nicholas Brothers were the best tap-dancers. I'm not talking about their flash-dancing, I'm talking about tap-dancing. They were really saying something with their feet.

I don't know one note from another.

If you ask any person on this crew what they think of Hugh Jackman they'll admit they've never seen anything like it. I'll give him an emotional note and he'll hit it every time.

I can play just about any keyboard but I can't read or write a note.

I can hold a note as long as the Chase National Bank.

I can't sing, like, I can't saaang. I'm no Luther! That to me is singing. Being able to hit a note doesn't mean you can sing.

I can't read a note of music. I just do it all from ear.

I can't read a note. I have lots of discipline, but I can't sit still at any instrument.

When I was in high school, there were these British blues-rock-type bands with really good guitar players that would jam on one song for half an hour. And as much as I was amazed by some of those guitar players, seeing them prompted me to make a note that that's not something I could do.

Duane Allman was the best guitar player I ever heard who didn't read a note.

I can hold a note, but that's about it.

I love music, but can't hold a note in a bucket. I can't sing, can't play an instrument.

I don't really sing... I just hear notes so I know what it's supposed to sound like, if that makes sense. You ever hear someone try to teach a choir how to sing, but they can't sing? That's me.

As long as I can sing and hit the notes, I want to do that.

I still struggle with my low notes. It's just always been something for me: I'm not a low singer. I have a really high voice.

I can play songs that I hear from a movie and just play it a few times on the keyboard. I will hit all the notes on the keyboard until I find the right key, and then I will play the rest of the song.

The beauty of it is when you can just show up and hit the notes.