Again and again Quote by Mary Chapin Carpenter

Don't be a perfectionist... leave that to the classical musicians.

— Dave Brubeck

I'm a perfectionist. You have to perform at your best.

— Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira

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

— Stan Getz

I'm a perfectionist... So to me, if I had my way, a song is never perfect, never finished.

— Dia Frampton

I tell everybody, if you've got a band that works, it's a miracle. It's never going to be perfect, but if it works on…

— Steven Van Zandt

With four perfectionists in the band, we have a hard time reaching perfection.

— Adam Jones

I came back to performing with a different attitude about performing and myself. I wasn't expecting perfection any more, just hoping for an occasional…

— Neil Diamond

I'm a perfectionist to a default. I will drive you crazy sometimes. When I'm recording, I will try something a trillion times to get…

— Sevyn Streeter

I demand perfection in what I do, and I practice very hard before I give a concert-sometimes three to six hours a day.

— Nina Simone

I am pretty tenacious as a perfectionist in terms of getting something right.

— Garry Shandling

I struggle with perfection.

— Kate Gosselin

People often called us perfectionists, but we were not looking for perfection. We were looking for some kind of magic in the music.

— Paul Simon