Questlove on Work

“I absolutely believed in natural talent. I used to believe that certain people have natural gifs, which is actually a discredit to them. It’s borderline dismissive and an insult to insist that someone has natural talent. That’s to say that they don’t have a science to their madness. I believe that everybody has the ability to reach that Mensa level of creative intelligence—but might not have the will and the drive to do so. If people had control and somewhat of an assurance that their exit would be a smooth ending, you’d have more risk-takers in life.” 

Questlove (@questlove) in an interview with Esquire; Portrait by Platon (@platon)  

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