I'm brand new here and was just scanning around the messages and came across this particular subject. And I guess one thing that illustrates this point is Eric Clapton's statement referring to the live Crossroads solo that got kinda tagged as a signature by the public. He said he never really particularly cared for the cut and got lost on a number of occasions during the solos themselves.

Our own awareness of our shortcomings are usually way louder in our ears than in others.