Traditional education is based on facts and figures and passing tests - not on a comprehension of the material and its application to your life.
I've never really viewed myself as particularly talented. I've viewed myself as slightly above average in talent.
In my mind, I've always been an A-list Hollywood superstar. Y'all just didn't know yet.
I had to focus and create a character in Bagger Vance, not just do my 'Will Smith' thing and get paid.
I know how to learn anything I want to learn. I absolutely know that I could learn how to fly the space shuttle because someone else knows how to fly it, and they put it in a book. Give me the book, and I do not need somebody to stand up in front of the class.
My first record came out while I was a senior in high school, which is dangerous.
