It ain't talent, it's time put in service. Show me a person who's put 10,000 serious hours of forward direction into an instrument, I'll show you a bad muther. There is no feeling better than being on stage after a good show.
It's about what you make time for. No need to cop out. "talent" is a over-stated virtue... Much more important is practice, sharing your ideas and playing with others and playing out when you can and putting love into what you do.
Look at VH-1's Van Halen's early years on youtube; prime example! They worked their *** off and played all the goddamn time!
