Unrefined Talent Quotes

I'm not an amazingly trained soul singer, so with me it's about feeling and energy and spontaneity - that's a really big part of who I am.

If it [talent] isn’t strong enough to take the gaff of real training, then it’s not worth much.

With acting, you see some of the kids are literally just off the street, untrained, and they are great. And others are off the street, untrained, and kind of horrible.

The assumption is simply that I hit on all the things I've hit on so far by accident, that my talent is just this raw thing that pours out of me, and then white people feel like they have to come in and contain it, refine it, and bring it to the place where it can been released.

The main thing with my shows is that I'm professional but not highly polished. I don't like people to think they're just seeing an album in person.

My demo was terrible, I sounded like a chipmunk. I was so young.

When you find the talent, it's always raw, and when you put the talent in the formula, you get the Knocks.

My first album was full of ideas and attempts to go in all kinds of directions. I was young. I loved making music, but I didn't have a clear path. I also lacked in confidence.