Quotes About Fulfillment

Music is the career Im lucky enough to get paid for, but I have other desires and passions.

One has to commit their life to music and not expect to get famous or rich doing it.

Don't die with your music still in you. Don't die with your purpose unfulfilled. Don't die feeling as if your life has been wrong. Don't let that happen to you.

I gave up my music because I had received from it all I had to receive. To serve God one must sacrifice the dearest thing, and I sacrificed my music, the dearest thing to me.

I would have hated to been locked into music for the last 20 years and not been able to have a family.

Music should never be a job. It should be your hopes, your dreams and everything you believe in.

He felt as if he were paying for the privilege of music with portions of his life and body. But it was well worth it.

I worked hard all my life as far as this music business. I dreamed of the day when I could go to New York and feel comfortable and they could come out here and be comfortable.

When I started in this [music] business, I had a dream, but it was amorphous, and I had no experience. I just had a fuzzy notion of what life would be like if I became what I pictured.

Music was always the distraction, so it was the obvious choice to pursue. My dad always said to find a job I love to do, that way it wouldn't feel like a job. So I did that.

I think I infuse the music with a new passion. Part of this is because I have fallen in love: I am in love with the New York Philharmonic. The chemistry has just been right. Beyond expectation.

I feel like I've reached a point where music has become just as much a priority to me as my acting, and I'm glad to feel that way.

What do artists do? Artists give people something they didn't know they were missing: a dance, a piece of music, a painting, a piece of sculpture. Catering to that need is the best business strategy.

I apply the same amount of dedication to being a mom as I do to my music...

Having a simple career as a musician who liked music was good enough for me.

Going out and playing music - that's what I do. I don't do much else.

I think music is the only thing that I'll ever really have.

I just feel that music is a great life, because it's very rewarding. It's a gratification. You do this for yourself, and you also do this for other people.

As I've gotten older, I have gotten a lot better at finding the pleasures of making music despite the business of it.

I don't want to get rich. I just want to play my music for the people.

I'm approaching a period in my life though where I'd like to be totally absorbed into music, doing concerts, writing something. Basically, that IS what I am doing.

I'm living my dream right now. I get to make music, perform and travel.

I've accomplished enough with the music that I haven't had to go out there and do other things to over-saturate.

I'm getting older every day, and I'm going to be making music until I drop dead.