Pastoral Resources

You make mistakes. Mistakes don't make you.

Mistakes in themselves are unavoidable.

A studio recording is perfection, but emotion and passion come only when you turn on the machine and go for the groove. If you do that with no mistakes, it sounds beautiful.

One of the advantages of not having a record contract is that you can make your own mistakes, you don't need somebody else to organize them for you.

I think life is full of challenges and problems. I don't believe that anyone is perfect. We all make mistakes. It's not a bed of roses, and you have to work real hard at it.

I like them all - I don't always approve. I see myself as a sort of benevolent uncle to these characters, and I can see why they do what they do; sometimes they make some mistakes, but at heart I think they're decent.

We pay for the mistakes of our ancestors, and it seems only fair that they should leave us the money to pay with.

I worked on scores. I went to the musical library in Berlin which is very famous. I discovered that we had scores of Beethoven, printed scores of Beethoven, that are full of mistakes. Not the wrong or false notes, but the wrong dynamic, understandable things.

Hopefully as a country, that we learn from our mistakes of the past.

A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.

But these guys learn so fast now, they sort of soak up the information, they're fearless. Those are the guys who learn from their mistakes and come back strong the next time.

A person who makes few mistakes makes little progress.

I keep these songs in my head until I get behind the microphone. I never spend more than 30 or 40 minutes singing the vocal or it will sound mechanical. There are always mistakes, but it's about feeling more than being perfect.

Mistakes show us what we need to learn.

To avoid situations in which you might make mistakes may be the biggest mistake of all.

I take this art very seriously and passionately. I love what I do. You can't help but grow. That's not to say you don't make mistakes or make bad choices, but that's part of the art. Painters paint bad paintings.

I wouldn't change one thing about my professional life, and I make it a point not to dwell on my mistakes.

Mistakes are merely steps up the ladder.

I don't think the game should be perfect. It's 95 percent mistakes out there - you have to work with 10 players on your side and another 11 against you. It's a crazy, chaotic game.

I am somebody who... - I'm not saying I'm perfect, but I need that freedom, that ability to make mistakes out there. Because there's a fine line between making a mistake or being brilliant.