I think that with any craft, there must be technicalities involved, BUT they can't be the whole emphasis, or else the craft gets lost. By the same token, the technical aspects can't be completely thrown out, or the craft gets sloppy.

Personally, I have never been a great musician technically. I will admit that I don't like to practice, and I do so grudgingly. Once I learn the technical elements of a fiddle tune, for instance, then I can let the tune, and the fiddle, tell me what they want me to know.

When I was younger I lacked humility - because I listened to the people around me who told me how great I was, because I was young, and because I also lacked appreciation of my gifts. As an older person I cherish my creative gifts, and am always humbled when others appreciate them as well. It never ceases to amaze me that people actually like my singing, or my songwriting, or my knitting, or whatever. It's just something I do, because it's in me and must come out.

Does that make any sense?