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People think I must have been so talented at an early age, but I don't know - was it talent or hard work? Who knows?

Was music my talent really? No, I don't think I was particularly talented.

I don't know if I discovered I had any talent. It was dogged persistence. I had to have the music.

I wasn't born with a natural talent for songwriting.

I have been aware, from the age of 6, that I had talent.

I never thought I was particularly talented, and to be honest with you, I still don't.

For the amount of talent I had - and I couldn't dance, act, or tell a joke - I enjoyed a tremendous career.

I don't want to talk about myself, that's for other people to say, so I'm not saying I was so talented.

I didn't start making music in order to be famous.