It was such a turning point to find that I had a talent and I had something to contribute, somewhere.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
In an arts programme, my job was to go where the talent was. And the talent was in popular culture.
Music was the first thing I did where I was naturally talented.
But once I acclimated and really used fame for what it was offering me as a tool to serve my life purpose of inspiring and contributing, then it started to get fun again.
I built my talents on the shoulders of someone else's talent.
Even in junior high, I always knew I had a talent for music and I knew I could make money that way.
I needed to explore my talent and versatility and see if I had another side to me, another sound.
I have been aware, from the age of 6, that I had talent.
I don't know if I discovered I had any talent. It was dogged persistence. I had to have the music.
Was music my talent really? No, I don't think I was particularly talented.
The reason I've gotten so far has to do with an extraordinary talent that I had nothing to do with.