That word 'prodigy' has such a derogatory implication. It is used to describe people who are forced to play a lot of concerts very early, people whose audience comes because of their youth, people who are exploited. None of the above really applied to me.

Hilary Hahn

There are lots of different interpretations of the word 'prodigy.' My own is of someone who is talented and tries to help other children. So in that respect I could be called one, although I don't think I'll go off the rails.

Adora Svitak

I feel like it has gone very fast for me, but I feel like it wasn't instantaneous, at all. I was getting a lot of rejections. I just got very lucky and it happened quickly for me. I don't feel like I'm a prodigy or something.

Anthony Doerr

I've heard that, but since I'm computer illiterate I don't know how it all works. But since I'm on Prodigy tonight, I'm learning a lot through my typist, Peter.

Bobby Sherman

Aang was an airbending prodigy, but didn't even discover he could bend the other three elements on his own; whereas Korra was bending three of the elements at age four.

Bryan Konietzko

Honestly, I didn't like snowboarding when I was a little girl. As I got older, it became something I did with my dad. When I was 10, I knew I was good for my age, but I never felt that I was prodigy-level or anything like that.

Chloe Kim

Well, I love what you would call boys' music, you know, the prodigy, banging techno, music that girls generally don't like.

Chris Lowe

I'm not a prodigy - or a 'wonderboy,' as some have put it.

Christian Pulisic

I was a prodigy who learned how difficult writing was only after getting published. I paid my dues later.

David Quammen

Everybody hates a prodigy, detests an old head on young shoulders.

Desiderius Erasmus

I only discovered electronic music as a teenager and I still love the Prodigy and Massive Attack.

Dhani Harrison

My main inspirations come from early '90s Trance, the French electro movement round '06, then a bunch of artists like Flying Lotus, J Dilla, Moby, The Prodigy. So I'd say it's some kind of experimental electronica with a strong hip hop influence. It's chilled, but people can still get super crazy and dance to it.

Flume

I think, in the early years, my biggest influences would have been... Daft Punk was a huge one for me, I bought their main record when I was nine; at a young age, I was into music. The Prodigy, Gorillaz were big ones.

Flume

I have always been a singer, a writer, and a musician, not as a prodigy or as in a trade handed to me by my parents, but because of an inner voice or maybe a command from beyond reality as it is usually defined.

Frank Black

Nobody told me I was a child prodigy.

Herbie Hancock

I never felt like a prodigy. For one thing, the root of the word is rather monstrous, literally. I never really felt like a monster or anything abnormal, because I always had a lot of different interests. But kids tend to focus on one thing, and for me it was violin.

Hilary Hahn

That word 'prodigy' has such a derogatory implication. It is used to describe people who are forced to play a lot of concerts very early, people whose audience comes because of their youth, people who are exploited. None of the above really applied to me.

Hilary Hahn

When I was starting out with record companies, there was a tendency to simplify the image as a prodigy. I have more than one adjective, and I've always tried to be myself and listen to my instincts.

Hilary Hahn

It's easy to be a prodigy. It's really hard to keep pushing in new directions.

Hilary Hahn

I like Brandy a lot. She's a vocal prodigy.

India Arie

For every child prodigy that you know about, at least 50 potential ones have burned out before you even heard about them.

Itzhak Perlman