Adrian Younge Quotes

I have a horror of not rising above mediocrity.

Our goal, simply stated, is to be the best.

Everything I put my name to and take part in, I want to be good. That's not saying it will always happen. But I want to make bold choices.

I've never recorded anything I didn't like.

The idea for which this nation stands will not survive if the highest goal free man can set themselves is an amiable mediocrity. Excellence implies striving for the highest standards in every phase of life.

I will never be below the title.

I don't think anybody's goal is to be mediocre. I think everybody should want to be the best. I've always felt that way. I want to be at the best at everything I do.

Whatever I do, I hope it's quality, I hope it's something that's class.

I never failed at anything in fiction.

All I can do is try to create the best show possible, and I feel we've truly done that.

Excellence always sells.

There is a big difference between No. 1 and No. 2. I don't care who wrote it. I'd love to one day have a No. 1 that I wrote, but if that ain't in the cards, whatever. My job is right now is to make the best music I can and try to get it to the people, whether it be something that I wrote or not. It's my job to be the best I can for the fans.

If you were to hold me to a standard of, 'What are you doing, singing about a scratch-off ticket at your level of success?' then my music's gonna be ridiculous.

The pressure is self-imposed because I always want to do excellent work, and I always want to be interesting to people watching me.

We pride ourselves as being top, really, on the African ladder... We feel that we have actually been advancing rather than going backwards.

I want things to be the best they can be. I want greatness.

The way I did it, every job was A+.

We will reach greater and greater platitudes of achievement.

Welcome every talent, hail every invention, cherish every gem of art—foster every gleam of authorship, honor every acquirement and every natural gift, lift ourselves to the level of our destinies...

If you can dismiss the best in the world, it means you're doing something right and have the quality needed to perform at the highest level.

If you demand the best, sometimes you get it.

Quality. That's the key. Everything I do, I want it to have that stamp that people like Jay Z, for instance, have on all the things they touch.

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

The problem is that we set the bar so high, and our stuff is so good, it's tough to top.

It's always nice to be among the best teams but not everyone can do that.