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> [The more perfect music we have, the more attractive the peculiarities and anomalies of human performance become. Perfection is a second rate idea.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-bone-burnett/the-more-perfect-music-we-have-the-more-attractive-the-peculiarities/)

[T Bone Burnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-bone-burnett/)

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## More by T Bone Burnett

> [Listen, the story of the United States is this: One kid, without anything, walks out of his house, down the road, with nothing but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-bone-burnett/listen-the-story-of-the-united-states-is-this-one-kid-without/)

[T Bone Burnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-bone-burnett/)

> [At different times in my life I met God from a different point of view.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-bone-burnett/at-different-times-in-my-life-i-met-god-from-a-different-point-of-view/)

[T Bone Burnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-bone-burnett/)

> [If it is true that we have a personal relationship with God, then that's enough for me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-bone-burnett/if-it-is-true-that-we-have-a-personal-relationship-with-god-then-that/)

[T Bone Burnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-bone-burnett/)

> [For centuries, everything was taught through music. History was taught through music; language and mathematics were taught through music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-bone-burnett/for-centuries-everything-was-taught-through-music-history-was-taught/)

[T Bone Burnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-bone-burnett/)

> [It's also ironic that in the old days of tape and tape hiss and vinyl records and surface noise, we were always trying to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-bone-burnett/it-s-also-ironic-that-in-the-old-days-of-tape-and-tape-hiss-and-vinyl/)

[T Bone Burnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-bone-burnett/)

> [Honesty is the most subversive of all disguises,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-bone-burnett/honesty-is-the-most-subversive-of-all-disguises/)

[T Bone Burnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-bone-burnett/)

> [The essence of show business is, if you see a tight-rope walker go across a tight rope, everybody claps. But, if you see him…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-bone-burnett/the-essence-of-show-business-is-if-you-see-a-tight-rope-walker-go/)

[T Bone Burnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-bone-burnett/)

> [I don't want to make music for people who don't care about music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-bone-burnett/i-don-t-want-to-make-music-for-people-who-don-t-care-about-music/)

[T Bone Burnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-bone-burnett/)

> [The more perfect music we have, the more attractive the peculiarities and anomalies of human performance become. Perfection is a second rate idea.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-bone-burnett/the-more-perfect-music-we-have-the-more-attractive-the-peculiarities/)

[T Bone Burnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-bone-burnett/)

> [Let the business take care of itself. If you get involved in the business, every hour that you're involved in business is an hour…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-bone-burnett/let-the-business-take-care-of-itself-if-you-get-involved-in-the/)

[T Bone Burnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-bone-burnett/)

> [When the arts are eliminated, children get bored and tired of school. When the arts are included, children's imaginations are allowed to run wild.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-bone-burnett/when-the-arts-are-eliminated-children-get-bored-and-tired-of-school/)

[T Bone Burnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-bone-burnett/)

> [My original idea was to produce and not make records myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-bone-burnett/my-original-idea-was-to-produce-and-not-make-records-myself/)

[T Bone Burnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-bone-burnett/)

> [I can tell for sure, the technologists have made it clear that they don't care about musicians. The arts have been sacrificed on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-bone-burnett/i-can-tell-for-sure-the-technologists-have-made-it-clear-that-they/)

[T Bone Burnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-bone-burnett/)

> [Risk is what separates the artist from the artisan.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-bone-burnett/risk-is-what-separates-the-artist-from-the-artisan/)

[T Bone Burnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-bone-burnett/)

> [I think we in the Alpha Band, which was a strange group anyway, weren't dealing with any of these issues. They sneaked up on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-bone-burnett/i-think-we-in-the-alpha-band-which-was-a-strange-group-anyway-weren-t/)

[T Bone Burnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-bone-burnett/)

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