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I think any artist is a perfectionist by their nature.

Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot attain it in anything.

I don't know many artists who are happy with themselves all of the time.

I'm not a perfectionist at all. I find perfectionists boring because the real creative heart is in the mess somewhere.

Perfectionist? That's not something I am.

Being a perfectionist is really difficult. You're never really happy with what you're doing, no matter how good it is. When you can just release that pressure and be in someone else's work and still have the respect of those creators to bounce off the page and give your ideas that they can take or leave? I really enjoy that.

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

I like the ideology of there being no such thing as perfection. But I'm of the opinion that I have witnessed perfection at various times, especially in art.

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

Perfectionism kills art. I find that if I criticise myself, it spoils the fun. You can get paralysed by analysis - it takes all the playfulness away.