I know a lot of incredibly, profoundly talented, skilled people that aren't given certain opportunities or any opportunities, and that aren't working.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
When I look for people to work with, I'm just looking for talented people.
I look for something unique, and I look for people who haven't reached their potential. I think I'm pretty good at developing talent.
But it's always really difficult to find someone that has the qualities to be a great accompanist.
I've known ambitious people with no aptitude for the thing they did. Most of whom, rather terrifyingly, tended to succeed.
You can sometimes learn more working with less talented people, because you learn to survive.
There is so much talent out there and not quite as much opportunity.
Throughout the course of my life, I've been blessed to work with extremely talented people.
I have been lucky in my life to have met people that are special, so extraordinary talented that they somehow are on a different plane. Sometimes these amazingly talented people find a way to keep reinventing themselves to stay relevant and alive. Some fall under the crushing vibrancy of their own intensity.
I'm trying to solidify a long-term career, because I have no other skills and no other abilities.
If you don't have talent or preparation for whatever you want to do, you will not be successful in anything.