# Embrace anti-perfectionism Fargo Nissim Tbakhi writes, "Craft"—that is, "the network of sanitizing influences exerted on writing in the English language"—"is the process by which our own real liberatory tools are dulled, confiscated, and replaced. We believe our words sharper than they turn out to be. We play with toy hammers and think we can break down concrete. We think a spoon is a saw."[^1] Prince's work ethic depended on anti-perfectionism. One of his engineers, Peggy McCreary, says, "Do you remember they used to spend a week on a fucking snare sound? ... And I literally had five minutes to get a drum sound. He taught me another side. That little picky, cocained-out shit doesn't matter. If it's a good song, you get it down, it's a good song!" Violist Novi Novog says, "In that era, everybody was kinda doing this sterile music where you do twenty takes of one thing, and he didn't work like that. ... A lot of times he would take the first take, even though there were maybe mistakes. ... No, he wants the feeling. There was something about the first emotion that he wanted, and he'd mix into it."[^2] [[Be willing to write a bad song]]. [[Finish so you can make the next thing]]. [[Embrace happy accidents]]. [^1]: [Notes on Craft: Writing in the Hour of Genocide • Protean Magazine](https://proteanmag.com/2023/12/08/notes-on-craft-writing-in-the-hour-of-genocide/) [^2]: [PRINCE's work ethic - YouTube](https://youtu.be/ECGcTM_gk4s?si=oVpwQdY76R66PjOc)