Also, I think you can be an artist before you find your voice. It may take a lifetime to find that voice—doesn’t make you any less of any artist.

Hmmm…no, not quite, imo. I think you are those things once you put some concentrated effort into them, regardless of skill level.

I've had to remind my mother that aging is a privilege that not everyone has. She repeats it to me sometimes and I know it's made a difference for her to hear it.