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

— Leonard Slatkin

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I am a singer and dancer, and I've been perfecting it for a lot of years.

— Tony Danza

You must play for the love of music. Perfect technique is not as important as making music from the heart.

— Mstislav Rostropovich

It is never easy for anyone to have success in music.

— Billy Sheehan

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

— Neil Diamond

So many people are concerned with being the perfect 'something.' Whether it's the perfect singer, the perfect sexy girl, or the perfect feminist. I don't want to be the perfect anything.

— Halsey

In a weird kind of way, music has afforded me an idealism and perfectionism that I could never attain as me.

— Billy Corgan

The goal is to try and make the perfect song. Which of course will never happen.

— Chris Martin

Rock music is not meant to be perfect.

— Ozzy Osbourne

✗Opposing Perspectives

I've had the healthy and sobering experience of constantly working with music that is invariably better than any performance of it can be.

— Andre Previn