Components Quote by H. A. Berlin

I have come to the definite conclusion that musical ability is not an inborn talent but an ability which can be developed.

— Shinichi Suzuki

I assume there must be some kind of genetic thrust. My two grandmothers were very different, but both of them were frustrated musicians.

— Joni Mitchell

I think some people just have an innate musical ability, and I'm lucky enough to be one of those people.

— Marina and the Diamonds

I believe that every person is born with talent.

— Maya Angelou

Natural talent is a questionable phenomenon. Inclination perhaps, but innate ability is extremely rare.

— Erin Morgenstern

Musical ability is not an inborn talent but an ability which can be developed. Any child who is properly trained can develop musical ability…

— Shinichi Suzuki

Some people are born with talents, some people have to work on that.

— Boban Marjanovic

Talent emerges over the course of a lifetime of reciprocal interactions between the developing brain and a stimulating environment.

— Scott Barry Kaufman

“Where, then, is any particular gene—say, the gene for long legs in humans? This is a little like asking where is Beethoven’s Piano Sonata…

— James Gleick

There's two types of people. Some born with talent, The rest trying to learn the talent.

— Aimee Cruz

I think there's such a thing, as a performance gene. If it's in your DNA it needs to come out. For me it originally…

— Cillian Murphy

People of talent resemble a musical instrument more closely than they do a musician. Without outside help, they produce not a single sound, but…

— Franz Grillparzer