Things happen to you out of luck, and if you get to stick around it's because you're talented.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The luck of having talent is not enough; one must also have a talent for luck.
I've always found that once you're in the door of a place and you have the chance to show how you operate and how talented you are, then anything can happen.
People often remark that I'm pretty lucky. Luck is only important in so far as getting the chance to sell yourself at the right moment. After that, you've got to have talent and know how to use it.
Luck is a component that a lot of people in the arts sometimes fail to recognise: that you can have talent, perseverance, patience, but without luck you will not have a successful career.
One lapse of judgment can cost and talent isn't everything. A huge slice of good fortune in needed to make it to the top, and without that element of luck, you've no chance.
You achieve because you're lucky to work with people who are very talented.
When you're talented, you're talented.
There are a lot better musicians than me out there that just haven't had the luck to fall into everything like I have.
I've known lots of people that are talented and nothing happens. It's not about talent, it's relentless drive.
You do need to get lucky, no matter how talented you are.