Music can be transformative, utterly transformative. The act of music is utterly transformative.
There are no mistakes, save one: the failure to learn from a mistake.
Michael Giles the first drummer of King Crimson, never agreed to the name King Crimson. But then, if you'd knew Michael, you would know he didn't agree to the album cover either. So maybe Michael didn't agree to the point of definition with many things.
What we hear is the quality of our listening.
Purely by hard work, one can become an artist.
But above that, most mature adults can hold their attention on something for 45 minutes, whether they like it or not. But above that requires training.