Legend has it that, after the famous pianist and composer Paderewski performed for Queen Victoria, she pronounced him a genius. “Perhaps so, Your Majesty,” he replied, “but before that I was a drudge.” The man who practiced relentlessly for six to eight hours a day did not want anyone thinking his talent was an unearned gift.
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