I wanted it to be like a high quality, drive-in movie.

If I cannot overwhelm with my quality, I will overwhelm with my quantity.

Quality is timeless: It will clearly define itself. And so I make reference to and acknowledge things that I feel have been dismissed, trying to restate those musical and cultural elements clearly and vehemently.

But now I know that it is very important that all buildings should be consistent, that this is the quality of the Gothic cathedral, for instance, that we like.

The most effective instruments do have a vocal quality.

Respect the masterpiece. It is true reverence to man. There is no quality so great, none so much needed now.

Youth is a quality, not a matter of circumstances.

A good essay must have this permanent quality about it; it must draw its curtain round us, but it must be a curtain that shuts us in not out.

Every secret of a writer's soul, every experience of his life, every quality of his mind is written large in his works.

I think journalism gets measured by the quality of information it presents, not the drama or the pyrotechnics associated with us.

Television studios bet the farm on reality shows, where they didn't need any actors and movie studios had no plans for any quality movies that required the presence of me.

There are some people who have the quality of richness and joy in them and they communicate it to everything they touch. It is first of all a physical quality; then it is a quality of the spirit.

But quality of work can be expected only through personal satisfaction, dedication and enjoyment. In our profession, precision and perfection are not a dispensible luxury, but a simple necessity.

Yet, I am convinced that there is a need for high quality software, and the time will come when it will be recognized that it is worth investing effort in its development and in using a careful, structured approach based on safe, structured languages.

I now believe that major labels can only work with people who care more about fame and money than the quality of the art they produce.