Yolandi Visser Quotes

I've cut myself out... I've cut scenes out that I was in and that's when you realize that you've got to make the best movie you can.

I'm more critical of the films I make than anyone else.

I sometimes make pictures which are not up to my standard, but then it can only be said of a mediocrity that all his work is up to his standard.

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.

Once I finish something, if I don't feel that it's absolutely fabulous, there's no way I would ever let it be recorded, I wouldn't even present it to a producer.

I would be the unhappiest person imaginable, confronted daily with disastrous works crying out with errors, imprecision, carelessness, amateurishness. I avoided this punishment by destroying them, I thought, and suddenly I took great pleasure in the word destroying.

If you are ever completely satisfied with something you have written, you are setting your sights too low. But if you can't let go of your material even after you have done the best that you can with it, you are setting your sights too high.

My toughest criticism usually comes from myself. As my editor can attest to, I'm never done tweaking a book until the production department has to rip it from my hands!

I'm ruthlessly picky when it comes to the crafting of an album, the choosing of musicians, the right mikes, the right studios. There was a time when it was, 'whatever you want.' Then, as you learn a little bit more about your tastes, I don't give in to that kind of thing.

I don't like to watch my work after I do it because it just - I'll always look at the wrong things.

I'm a perfectionist, and I'm not going to let the world hear a record until it's ready.

It don't matter who I'm working with. I just feel like I want to make the best record possible.

You always wanna make the best record you ever made, and if I feel like I didn't do that, I wouldn't put it out.

No book I publish will be perfect, but I need to feel I've taken it as far as I can.

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.

The music I make, it's so hard. I listen to it 100,000 times before it even drops.

I would say that I don't make music quickly; like, my process has been very slow, and my bar is very high, and I don't really rush to make music just to get something out there.

I'm a perfectionist, and I very rarely satisfy myself when I come in and watch the film the next day.

I'm controlling over anything I create. I'm very precious about it.

I don't like doing substandard work... I can't sleep at night if I make a bad song.

My only problem is that I'm too sensitive about my movies. I feel each of them has to work and consider every film as my last one.

With my own stuff, I've always held to the belief that it should take as long as it takes until it feels right.

I'm kind of a perfectionist about my songwriting. If I don't mean it, I don't think it's any good.

I'm very picky; I'm never happy with anything. It's so hard to give the record away and accept that you're done.

I don't listen to my songs. The only time I do it is when someone points out a flaw in the end product.