When 26-time Grammy Award winner Alison Krauss visited The Times Center, I was in attendance, and was able to ask a question. Seeing how she began her recording career at age 14, and is so accomplished, I thought she was relevant to the debate of whether 10,000 hours is necessary to become an expert. As it turns out, she had read the book “Outliers,” and yet did not seem to think she was one… I think the combination of her humbleness, and my lack of follow-up / clarification question hurt the story.
Here’s the link to the Live Stream. Jump to minute 1:12:30.