and now the bad news: Practice may not make perfect

[Jerome]

What about the guy who had never played a musical instrument in his life, had a car accident, ended up in a coma for an extended period and then awoke to find himself with the ability to play complex classical pieces and go on to composing as well. His hands had never been through the practicing phase at all, yet he was able to achieve it. I think you can do whatever you want in life (if you have the physical/mental ability to do so) - you just have to find the key that unlocks a particular door in the brain. We don't know what we are capable of at all.