Katlaughing -

How true that is. To be aware that you do not know something leaves you open to gain knowledge. When I took Aikido years ago, the Sensai (master) emphasized how we should have a child-mind, or "no-mind," in the present, always open for new knowledge. How about when we see this in music - someone who thinks they're hot stuff, but has been playing the same 10 or 12 tunes for the past ten years, with no noticeable improvement. The people with some humility and self-knowledge about their present limitations, and of what they do right, seem more likely to musically blossom.