Quotes About Achievement

I worked hard. Anyone who works as hard as I did can achieve the same results. The final aim and reason of all music is nothing other than the glorification of God and the refreshment of the spirit.

Shoot for the stars, so if you fall you land on a cloud.

I don't believe in geniuses, I believe in hard work.

Money had never been the main thing for me. It's the legacy that was important.

A long apprenticeship is the most logical way to success. The only alternative is overnight stardom, but I can't give you a formula for that.

I may not be a first-rate composer, but I am a first-class second-rate composer.

It was like being in the eye of a hurricane. You'd wake up in a concert and think, Wow, how did I get here?

I dropped out of NYU, moved out of my parent's house, got my own place, and survived on my own. I made music and worked my way from the bottom up.

Sing a song, read a poem, paint a picture, hear the music... Rise up and touch the stars

One of the great moments of my life was when I could write musician on my passport.

My biggest dream to connect people through music has come true. In a world where there are enough reasons to separate us, the Oscars have unified us.

I've been on the songs of all these rappers that put out an album, and my music is still better.

The fabulous places I've been, wonderful things that've happened, great people I've met ought to make a story.

I'm really proud to be a woman representing country music.

Once you discover that you can, then you must.

If I didn't have some kind of education, then I wouldn't be able to count my money.

I didn't have nothin' going for me... school, home... until I found something I loved, which was music, and that changed everything.

I'm building an empire. How do you know I won't be the next [Universal Music Group Chairman/CEO] Doug Morris one day? I'm doing a hell of a job, and I'm on the road to that next level.

I think, back in the day, when I was first starting to make music, all I wanted to do was to get a record deal.

I did all you can do with a clarinet. Any more would have been less.

I have to be a star like another man has to breathe.

More than anything, I realize I've been blessed to make great music.

You have to search the absolute demons of your soul to make a great record.

Ambition is a dream with a V8 engine. Ain't nowhere else in the world where you can go from driving a truck to cadillac overnight