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I've always felt that there's a point where a piece seems to be alive, that is, living. And that's the point where I know the composition is finished.

Very rarely is there any confusion as to when a painting or a song is finished. You just know when it's done.

It's important to know when your work is done.

Writing itself does not know what it looks like while one is doing it, only when it's finished.

When you're on set, you have to perform and look the part.

When a piece is done, I mix it before going on to any other piece.

Part of me believes that the completed record is the final measure of a pop musician's accomplishment, just as the completed film is the final measure of a film artist's accomplishments.

The way to push things through to a finish effectively must be learned.

'It is finished' is the triumphant cry that what I came to do has been done. All is accomplished, completed, fulfilled work.