[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

But to just attribute musical ability to "talent" is kind of an insult, in my mind. It discounts the work involved.

It's rather like the (very) old joke:

Tourist: Tell me, how do you get to Carnegie Hall?

New Yorker: practice, practice, practice!

[RosieCotton]

Heh...one of the dorm buildings at Maryville College (where the camp I went to is held) is called Carnegie Hall. That’s the one I stayed in, actually.

It makes for a lot of jokes. ;-)