Thomas Bangalter Quotes

Technique is the basis of every pursuit. If you're a sportsman or you're a singer or a swimmer, well that comes under sport but you have to develop a basic technique to know what you're doing at any given time.

Every time you go out on the ice, there are slight flaws. You can always think of something you should have done better. These are the things you must work on.

I think, for different types of things, more rehearsal is very important.

Your timing has to be very accurate. I've done a lot of wire work before. I can see that experience makes a big difference.

You have to always work on your batting as you are never perfect. I am working on my batting every day and trying to perfect a few shots that will help me score all around the world.

You've got to perfect your craft.

Experimenting is part of the process. I remember when I was younger, I spent a whole year just writing on straight trap beats because I just wanted to be able to do that at a high level. So it's about perfecting your craft in every way.

A lot of times I'll show someone a technique I got really good with, but I didn't put all the hours in. I didn't do the research and development. I didn't take it to the next level.

Those edges and turns teach control and discipline, just like finger exercises on the piano.

By concentrating on precision, one arrives at technique, but by concentrating on technique one does not arrive at precision.

As people do a task, they improve at it.

We're just getting better at our trade, man. We know what we're doing, and the reason why is that we've spent 30 years doing it. There's nothing that can replace that.

I don't want to rest on my laurels. I still feel like I'm learning a lot about the golf game and the swing. There are so many different little facets of golf that there is always something to learn.

Acting is easier than skating in a way and harder in other aspects. In skating, you get one chance, and with acting you get to do it over and over.

You just want to hone your craft, whatever it may be.

I'm learning a lot, and I'm trying to make it so that every time I write, it's better than the last time I've written.

I've been working on my finishing for quite some time. It's just a question of paying attention to the minor details.

Nothing is invented and perfected at the same time.

Writing is like playing golf - you have to keep working at your swing.

No one can be an expected to be an expert at something before they have tried it.

I want to get better and better at my craft.

The biggest challenge to me is always technique.

With every passing week, I get an opportunity to improve my acting because I get to do it day in, day out. So a lot of times, I compare it to being a professional athlete.

Whatever it is you do, study it, learn the ins and outs of it, and really work on building your craft.

I used to watch Juninho's free-kicks without being able to figure out how he hit them. I tried and tried until, eventually, I came up with my own way to strike them.