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…There's no secret, no shortcut. Once you accept that being a writer or a creator is just really hard and takes a lot of hours of slogging through crappy first drafts, you just keep producing, and then you turn around and it's done. That's the magic.

— Esperanza Spalding

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "…There's no secret, no shortcut. Once you accept that being a writer or a creator is just really hard and takes a lot of hours of slogging through crappy first drafts, you just keep producing, and then you turn around and it's done. That's the magic." in the context of "On becoming a writer in “Esperanza Spalding Talks Recording an Album in 77 Hours, Sexism in Music & Nicki Minaj” in Billboard (September 22, 2017)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Esperanza Spalding

About Esperanza Spalding

Esperanza Emily Spalding (October 18, 1984) is an American jazz bassist and singer.