Hunter S. Thompson said it works. And he always tells the truth.
The Doctor explains it here:
https://youtu.be/VlAZV_EsSSE?t=8m25s

Hunter says it’s like music.

My take:

Say you’re an “aspiring” musician.

(Why don’t we say that? You’re a musician or you’re not a musician.)

You play the classics, the masters, over and over for hours every day of the year. Only then do you play before an audience, much less begin to “interpret” a piece of music or be so brave as to compose something original.