(Atlantic) has had an amazing ability to adapt with the changing times while keeping a standard of artistic excellence, ... If you look at any moment in Atlantic history, they're at the forefront with the sound of that moment.

You can't walk up 52nd Street and see the Three Deuces or the Onyx Club and see where Bee Bop was born, ... You can't go to Max's Kansas City and listen where the Velvet Underground were. You can't go pretty much anywhere on Bleecker and McDougal and see the clubs that fomented folk music. But you can come to CBGB's on any random night and see six wacky bands from anywhere.

Atlantic kept up their level of excitement. ... Artists like John Coltrane -- these are mythical artists, and Atlantic had more than its share.

When one's heart burn starts accentuating to do things differently, he should know that he has reached to the doorstep of excellence.

It is humanly impossible for anyone to touch and stir the string of his mind that acts for any work excellence without touching the inner chord of his heart.

Consistent excellence is a wheel to reach to the state of perfection.