A quest for perfection, or mastery, is a common trait among individuals who achieve greatness in fields like athletics and music.

“this idea of mastery which is that this process of trying to master something that you'll never actually master because that's technically not feasible is the beauty like that's the thing and you know books that have been written about it's usually written about athletes but I think it can apply to musicians or any number of other fields they talk about the the common bond that seems inherent to many of these people who have achieved greatness like you have is this love of practice”