“I don’t have perfect pitch, but I have relative pitch. I’m glad I don’t have perfect pitch because perfect pitch can drive you crazy.”

You can’t sing about love unless you know about it.

Mental synthesis of psychic content in the unity of a moment-consciousness is a fundamental principle of psychology.

I don’t believe in angels and I have trouble with the whole God thing. I don’t want to say I don’t believe in God, but I don’t think I do. But I believe in people who do.

If you turn a deaf ear to everything but one style, pretty soon it’s not going to work out.

If you want to be a doctor, a lawyer you must go to college. But if you want to be a musician or such, study your craft. Study music.

I’m not much on gimmicks. I never have been because they don’t last.

I just went to Harvard a little while, because I graduated from Armstrong High School in Washington and then I went up there but I didn’t stay that long because I went into show business.

My youngest daughter sings. She’s going to be very good. She’s graduated from Music School and she’s been working down around and getting her feet wet, you know. I had her out with me for a year just showing her the ropes a little bit, but she’s going to be all right.

If you want to be a musician, study your craft. Study music.

The elements of success. And my son’s very successful. He’s doing very well. And I have a younger daughter who sings.

You know, times change and the elements change along with it.

I was so enamored with the idea of being in show business so everything was bright to me. I mean, I didn’t think of it as being tough and things like that.

When Byrd came out of there, he had written a lot things while he was in the hospital.

If you strive to be perfect in everything, whether it’s possible or not, you will always live a more fulfilled life.

There is no perfect time to write. There is only now.

I thought, “Wait a minute. That’s the perfect name.” That kind of freed up my year but that’s where the name came from.

I don’t have to try to be perfect because I know that my fans like me for who I am. They like me because I am weird and kind of funky, but still really calm.

I love the way I make hip-hop and I refuse to make pop-rap. I don’t refuse to make mainstream music, which is why I did a soul record. There was no reason why soul music couldn’t get played on the radio and I still wanted to have a relationship with my record label.

In small proportions we just beauties see; And in short measures, life may perfect be.

Every betrayal contains a perfect moment, a coin stamped heads or tails with salvation on the other side.

Steve Carell and Tina Fey are a match made in comedy heaven. They’re perfect.