Ali Shaheed Muhammad Quotes

When I create something, it's got to be special, and it can't just be to throw something out there because I feel like I'm Missy.

As a creative person, you never embark on something thinking it will be substandard.

I wanted this, I wanted to do this, but my work is me, and it has to be right.

I think sometimes you have high expectations for people because you have high expectations for yourself.

Pressure is there with any release of mine. It's more my own, as I need to surpass my own expectations.

For me, my continuous struggle with every project is, "Is it better than 'Pink?'"

I always want people to realise that whatever I do is a quality product. And that's what's really important to me.

I hold very high expectations of myself and my work ethic.

Perhaps it's true that I'm very hard on myself, but that's better than exhibiting mediocre work... too few were satisfactory enough to trouble the public with.

I expect perfection from myself.

I'd like to think I could do something great - a performance like Meryl Streep's in 'Sophie's Choice' - at some point in my life. At the same time, though, I don't want to put too much pressure on myself to be great.

When I write, I write for myself, and I have high expectations... so I'm just trying to meet those. I'm not going to distract myself with other people's expectations.

I think sometimes I write to impress my influences. Whether they're actually acquaintances of mine, people that I think will hear the record or not, I still write - not to imitate my influences - but to write something that would live up to their standards.

I find it harder and harder every day to live up to my blue china.

I think that there's the self-imposed pressure to come up with something that's good. For guys like us, that's much more important than any external pressure could really be.

I'm such a perfectionist. I want to do better and better.

No one puts higher expectations on themselves than I do.

I have to play everything just perfectly. I can't take less of myself. I'm strong. I'm prepared.

The deal is that I hold myself to an extremely high standard, and it's a standard that can never be... it's unattainable. But it drives me to be the very best in everything I do.

I'd much rather wait till my material is up to par, in my opinion, than rush it just so I can stay in the limelight a little longer.

My expectations on myself exceed any of those put on me.

I think it's because I'm so hard on myself that I can push myself this far.

Whatever I do, I just want it to be good.

I am a perfectionist, and my immense respect for my fans and the public meant that the quality of my clothing had to match my performance.

I'll never say it's good enough. It's a pressure I put on myself.