Anomalies Quote by T Bone Burnett

There is too much emphasis on technical perfection nowadays, and not enough on what music is actually about - irony, joy, human suffering, love.

— Mstislav Rostropovich

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

— Vicki Baum

The tragedy of music is that it begins with perfection.

— Morton Feldman

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

Perfection often creates such a flawless surface that there's no place for the audience to enter into a piece, while the idiosyncrasies of individual…

— Renee Fleming

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

I'm a firm believer that embracing the imperfections of making music is so much of what makes something groove. Getting rid of these imperfections…

— Jacob Collier

The music has had a certain quality that people like just because it's a real true expression of how we are as musicians.

— Matt Cameron

Humans are imperfect. That's one of the reasons that classical and jazz are in trouble. We're on the quest for the perfect performance and…

— Branford Marsalis

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

— Dave Brubeck

Music really isn’t supposed to be perfect. It’s all about people relating to each other and doing something that’s really from the soul. It…

— Tom Petty

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

— Dia Frampton