Quotes About Achievement

Sometimes I think life is just a rodeo, the trick is to ride and make it to the bell.

There's a lot of money in doing score music. You can get a chance to get nominated for an Oscar.

Real talent doesn't always win championships, like real music doesn't always win Grammys.

I always felt like there was a certain standard of music that I had to do from the beginning, even when I didn't have the recognition that I have now.

In high school I was best in music class on the trumpet, but the prizes went to the boys with blue eyes. I made up my mind to outdo anybody white on my horn.

The things Elvis has done during his career and the things he has contributed and created are really something very important to the music business.

I'm well known because I do music at a professional level, and a certain magnitude.

I'm not trying to overcome my father or fill his shoes or reach any kind of level that he did. We're talking about a [Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart] of rock music.

I was just glad to get the Grammy. I didn't know what the thing was. It's the honor what I loved.

If someone can write great music... Paul McCartney is a genius. He's so prolific. All we should do is bow down to Paul McCartney.

It's pretty cool to see how far music can take you.

Your music sounds better on the radio, for some reason. It's an amazing feeling. I hope it never goes away.

When someone pursues music through your music, that's the greatest accolade anybody can get.

The artists who endure are the ones who stay focused even after they have reached the top of their profession.

An artist can only be evaluated after he's dead. At the 11th hour he might do something that will eclipse everything else.

I think the legacy I'll leave on music is just an artist that went out here and gave 100%.

I'm extremely happy about music altogether, and the history that I've made. How I changed the world, music-wise, music over the internet and stuff like that.

I was the first woman ever named Entertainer of the Year in country music.

I didn't know how well my first album had done; it was enough to get me to do the second album, which was a continuation of the music I'd worked on and perfected.

The Beatles were just a band that made it very, very big, that's all.

I never really set out to do anything in the charts with music. It came as a total surprise that I did, and it's fun.

It was amazing to me that, all of a sudden, I was hearing my music on the radio and coming out of cars.

If you want me in the Hall of Fame put me in because of some contributions that I have made to country music.

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.