Excellence Quote by Dia Frampton

Perfection bores me, in art, in music; most of all, in people. Luckily, perfection is rare.

— Vicki Baum

There is no 'perfect' in music. If I ever came off the stage and felt it could not be better, it would then be…

— Leonard Slatkin

I'm a perfectionist, and to actually finish something is good for me.

— Labrinth

There is always something wrong with a song, you can't be perfect.

— Gordon Lightfoot

I compulsively reach for perfection in music, often at the expense of everything else in my life.

— Stan Getz

Every time you write a song, you're looking for some sort of perfection, and you never quite reach it. You're always looking for that…

— Alex Turner

True perfection in all things is no longer known or prized - you must write music that is either so simple a coachman could…

— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

A song is such a short form ... that 'the slightest flaw seems like a mountain.' And so every song needs to be revised…

— Stephen Sondheim

If you want perfection or close to it...listen to the record.

— Tristan Prettyman

Many people think of me as a perfectionist, someone who polishes and shines each song and performance. I've always been bothered by that assumption.

— Phil Collins

I don't think I've reached perfection by any stretch of the imagination, but maybe someday I'll become a perfectionist.

— Douglas Booth

Perfection is the satin-lined casket of creativity and originality. If you are a perfectionist, at least stop telling everybody you're one and try to…

— Augusten Burroughs