Perfect Quote by Gordon Lightfoot Download Open image “There is always something wrong with a song, you can't be perfect.” — Gordon Lightfoot ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.2 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Perfect Song
I'm a perfectionist... So to me, if I had my way, a song is never perfect, never finished. — Dia Frampton Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
You can't be perfect. You can't be the perfect father. You can't be the perfect singer. — Eddie Vedder Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
You don't play around with a good song. You try to just say it right in the proper place, and if you get the… — Glen Campbell Copy Share Image
I've always thought that a lot of really good writers go wrong by getting so into the craft and the technique and perfection. Perfection… — Patterson Hood Copy Share Image
I love when people get songs wrong. I love when people take something from a song that's totally not what I intended! — Richard Marx Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
You just get the vibes of your surroundings and it rubs off on you. — Gordon Lightfoot Copy Share Image
I love jazz. I still do. Dave Brubeck and Stan Getz are so good. I took a notification course in Jazz Orchestration. It wasn't… — Gordon Lightfoot Copy Share Image
I was a drummer in the bugle band in cadets. I marched. It's probably quite funny to look back on it. — Gordon Lightfoot Copy Share Image
I wrote one called 'The No Hotel.' I got inspired in 1989 while I was on a trip down to Brazil, and I didn't… — Gordon Lightfoot Copy Share Image
I never believed - or knew for sure - if I would be able to make a professional life in music. But it turned… — Gordon Lightfoot Copy Share Image
I try to keep it light and positive most of the time, whereas earlier on I didn't always do that. — Gordon Lightfoot Copy Share Image
I try to write songs. At our concerts, we take the cream of the crop from my back catalogue and I don't know if… — Gordon Lightfoot Copy Share Image
Sometimes a broken dream will make you sad or make you mean. Sometimes things ain't bad as they seem. — Gordon Lightfoot Copy Share Image
If there's a reason for the way that life is I'd like to find it. After all, who's life is it? — Gordon Lightfoot Copy Share Image
I was happy to be in England, because my mother had always loved the royals, and so do I. — Gordon Lightfoot Copy Share Image
It was very interesting time to be in England. Even at that point [John] Lennon and [Paul] McCartney influenced my writing. I thought, "maybe… — Gordon Lightfoot Copy Share Image
Balance suggests a perfect equilibrium. There is no such thing. That is a false expectation.... There are going to be priorities and dimensions of… — Denise Morrison Copy Share Image
I don't really like too much credit. I know nobody's going to believe this, but I'd rather be able to score goals and nobody… — Bradley Wright-Phillips Copy Share Image
This duo inside of me causes the perfect opportunity to live and learn twice as fast as those who choose to accept simplicity. — Tupac Shakur Copy Share Image
The more perfect the sight is the more delightful the beautiful object. The more perfect the appetite, the sweeter the food. The more musical… — Richard Baxter Copy Share Image
This, at last, was where things were as they ought to be. Everything was in its place -- the tree, the earth underneath, the… — Jean Liedloff Copy Share Image
No Time For Goodbye is a deliciously smart thriller, full of surprises and perfect pacing. I'm jealous I didn't write it. — Alafair Burke Copy Share Image
The pursuit of perfection is frustrating and a waste of time, because nothing is ever perfect. The pursuit of excellence is commendable and worthwhile.… — Alan Kulwicki Copy Share Image
The greatest charity you can contribute to is yourself. Instead of spending a dollar to help feed hungry children, why not spend that dollar… — Zach Braff Copy Share Image
The young man [Turgot] destined for an ecclesiastical career was placed within walls carefully designed to keep out all currents of new thought; his… — Andrew Dickson White Copy Share Image
Sometimes parts just come along when it's the perfect time for you to do them. — Jessica Lange Copy Share Image
I think cricket is there in Usain Bolt's blood. Since I got to watch from close quarters, it was amazing to see him run… — Harbhajan Singh Copy Share Image
Some writers say they cannot write in front of a window; many say they cannot function without almost perfect quiet. A writer with only… — Gene Wolfe Copy Share Image
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