Creativity Quote by Kenneth Edmonds

“You can find a diamond in the rough a lot of times” is the kind of line that sounds almost too plain to be a philosophy, until you notice how hard it pushes back against the way talent and worth are usually marketed. In music culture, “diamond” language often belongs to gatekeepers: A&R reps, critics, tastemakers who claim the authority to “discover” genius. Edmonds flips the emphasis. The point isn’t that diamonds are rare and need a professional’s eye; it’s that roughness is everywhere, and so is potential.

The phrasing matters. “You can” is permission, not prophecy. It invites the listener into the act of seeing value where others see mess: the untrained voice, the awkward demo, the kid with more hunger than polish. “A lot of times” quietly rejects the myth that greatness is a lightning strike. It’s a frequency claim. If you stay looking, if you stay open, you’ll keep encountering people who are underestimated because they don’t arrive prepackaged.

There’s also a self-protective subtext that feels native to a working musician’s worldview: resilience as a strategy. When the industry rewards sheen, this line argues for patience, for development, for the long game of craft. It’s not naive optimism; it’s a practical way to survive disappointment and still believe in the next song, the next collaborator, the next version of yourself.