Clive Davis Quotes

Other people - they practice and they practice... these fingers of mine, they got brains in 'em. You don't tell them what to do - they do it. God given talent.

Music was the first thing I did where I was naturally talented.

I don't actually have a lot of discipline. I've worked hard at music. But I feel like you know, I felt like kind of natural at it. I always had a knack for it.

I started off singing when I was little. My parents have said I was singing at 3 years old. So I think it was just something I probably came into this world wanting to do and knowing I was going to do.

Music is what I do naturally.

I never took a music lesson in my life, it just came naturally.

Olivier was another case of a genius, who couldn't understand why anybody would have any trouble doing this, because for him it came so easily.

I had no idea that I was ever getting into music. I did not prepare for a music career, and here I've found, out of pure luck, that I did have, not only a talent and an ear, but a passion for music. And I have it to this day.

I've never taken a lesson in my life, and I can play every instrument there is. I play by ear, but I can fool anybody into thinking I went to some conservatory of music.

It's that kind of in-born music thing - I could pick up the guitar and play something. It's not something I consciously do.

I do believe some people can naturally act and don't know it.

For me, singing is the most natural thing in the world. I've grown up with it and I know I've got that gift.

It's in my blood to perform.

It's called talent. I just have it. I can't explain it. You either have it or you don't.

Before I could even hold a pen I was singing.

I've always had an aptitude for wrestling. I can't explain it - it's like a gift. To this day, I don't always know how or why I do certain things.

I've always been talented, always been able to sing or remember a song after hearing it one time.

I'm like one of those dudes who organically have talent.

Talent is one of the few things that can't be created. It can be enhanced - it can be coached and brought out of people - but you can't deny it.

I've always known that singing was some sort of calling for me. It comes naturally.

My Dad has given me a lot of advice, but this advice comes especially from the attitude point of view. He's never told me how to drive a car, how to do a corner, nothing like that. He believe this comes from the talent. You are born with it or you are not born with it.

I've always been a singer. I never really decided I was gonna be a singer. It just kind of - I just sung a lot.

The only two things that ever came naturally to me are music and investing.

He is gifted with genius who knoweth much by natural inspiration.

I've always believed that acting is instinct to start with; you either have it or you don't.