Perfect pitch is genetic. It's 100% genetic.
My dad says I could sing before I could talk, if that's possible. I was always humming and things like that.
I was born with the gift.
You can teach defensive wizardry, but you need the talent to go with it. You have to be born with that natural defensive radar.
There are certain things you can't coach, you've got to watch a guy do it.
Fencing and shooting kind of came naturally. From the start, I knew that I had it in me.
You can't acquire a voice. Either you have it, or you don't.
We realise that natural aptitudes are not interchangeable, and each person must, of biological or spiritual necessity, practise the art for which he is fitted.
My parents tell me that I've been singing since I was really young.
I've always known that performing is what I want to do. There was never a defining moment. I just came out that way.
You've either got it or you haven't.
Though I probably shouldn't admit this, the activities and pursuits in which I've achieved any measure of success are, without exception, activities and pursuits that came easily to me from the beginning.
If you talk about natural ability, I think Apollo's probably the most naturally gifted athlete of the new era.
I was running since I was 10. Since grade one at school people looked at me and thought, oh gosh she can really run, she's a natural.
I always had this talent - it is something you get when you are born, so I have just worked, and it has gone well for me.
Any time I try to play anything that doesn't come natural, I'm just plain bad.
