Quotes About Talent

She let her practice speak through her body. She was a stalk of bamboo. She was a summer storm. She was a whirlwind. She was made for this.

I'm going to write a novel and get it published. I'm going to do it because writing a novel is worthwhile and because I have the talent to do it. I'm going to do it because I have something important to say to the world. I refuse to let anything get in my way.

Be good at something. It makes you valuable. Have something to bring to the table, because that will make you more welcome.

If you can't (or won't) sort mail, where is the proof that you can do anything?

Learning to read music in Braille and play by ear helped me develop a damn good memory.

What makes my approach special is that I do different things. I do jazz, blues, country music and so forth. I do them all, like a good utility man.

I never wanted to be famous; I only wanted to be great.

It takes both courage and talent to stand up in front of fellow human beings and make them crack a smile, and at the same time keep it clean.

I regret the passing of the studio system," Lucille Ball once said. "I was very appreciative of it because I had no talent. Believe me. What could I do? I couldn't dance. I couldn't sing. I could talk. I could barely walk. I had no flair. I wasn't a beauty, that's for sure.

You're only as good as the people you hire.

Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful individuals with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.

Pac get busy. People can't take nothing from him. On the lyrics, he get busy, straight up.

I love actors. That's my bread and butter, and I got to work with some amazing ones on '12 Years'.

Those girl-next-door roles were my bread and butter and I was appreciated for my work.

Because I could do things on the snooker table that no other player could do, I just had this sort of self-destruct button in me.

I always loved the piano because it's just a bunch of buttons. I like to push buttons.

Once you start hearing a buzz about somebody, you want to check them out because you never know if, and, or when exactly, they may come to NXT because NXT obviously has the best talent in the world.

I started playing guitar by the time I was 9.

I couldn't play ball. I couldn't dance. Luckily, the girls didn't want me. Not much I could do about that. So I started to draw and to write. By the time I got to where I was attracting girls, I was already into work, and it was more important to me.

I got to play with incredible musicians, but it happened really fast. I couldn't believe it was all happening, and so by the time I was, like 18, 19, I sort of took a break and was just like, 'I'm not ready for this.'

I wanted a guitar when I was 4 or 5, and I learned how to play guitar by the time I was 6. Just self-taught.

By the time I went to college, I had totally embraced my Indianness, but I still didn't tell anyone I could sing.

I'm like Cab Calloway: I love the entertainment, and I've loved entertaining people ever since I was little.

I didn't think I was right for 'Cabaret'.