Chris Long

“The reason it’s more beneficial to aim for quantity is because most of us are smart but lazy creatures who will find and take any available shortcut. If you commit to “getting better at songwriting,” you might noodle around on your guitar for twenty minutes here and there. If you commit to “writing a song every day from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m.,” you’ll write a lot more songs and they’ll be better. Also, what does it even look like to aim for quality? Sitting at your desk and declaring “Time to make something really good!” as you crack your knuckles? While there will always need to be space in your process for refining your work, the tendency for most is to get caught in a perfectionism spiral where things are never good enough and we’re spending forever on something we’re treating too preciously. By aiming for quantity, you force yourself to make bold decisions and move on. Quantity can be measured. You know when you’re hitting your goals. And usually, the more quantity there is, the more quality there will be.”
― Andrew Huang, Make Your Own Rules: Stories and Hard-Earned Advice from a Creator in the Digital Age