Quotes About Ambition

My aspirations aren't to sell millions of records, but to write really good songs.

What is qualified? What have I been qualified for in my life? I haven't been qualified to be a mayor. I'm not qualified to be a songwriter. I'm not qualified to be a TV producer. I'm not qualified to be a successful businessman. And so, I don't know what qualified means.

I grew up playing guitar and writing music, and I always wanted to be a songwriter and a singer and play the guitar. But while I was finishing college, my drag became lucrative, so I had to pursue what was going to pay the bills - and doing comedy as Trixie was something that I was able to market.

I came out to L.A. to be a songwriter and not an artist, and I'm so excited because I always secretly wanted to be an artist.

When I was 12 years old and first decided I wanted to be a songwriter, the people that I always looked up to were Rodgers and Hammerstein, Leonard Bernstein, and people like that.

I always wanted to be known as a songwriter and not just a songbird.

I hated the thought of being just a songwriter.

I only wanted to be a songwriter. I never wanted to be a singer. And I never wanted to be famous.

I wanted to be a writer since I was a little girl - long before I was a musician and a songwriter.

I just wanted to be a songwriter. I did really not like the sound of my own voice.

To do the things that I did, I'm amazed that I had the audacity - like resigning from the Army and becoming a janitor and a songwriter.

I wanted to be so many different things in the beginning - I wanted to be a rocker, I wanted to be a great songwriter, I wanted to be a great melodic singer.

I want to be a producer and not a songwriter.

That's a lonely place when you think that nobody wants to work with you, but in reality, what it is is they're just wanting to see you get good enough to get a publishing deal or to be a professional songwriter.

I always wanted to be a songwriter, and it took a while.

I thought I was just going to be a songwriter for other people! And now I get to put out my own music, which is amazing.

I have no such ambition of becoming an actor. I want to grow as a musician, singer and songwriter.

When I started as a kid, I wanted to be a piano player and songwriter. I only became a singer by accident.

I know I can cut it with any songwriters in the world.

I wanted to be part of pop culture, so I started songwriting, and I got signed to my first record deal.

I wish I had more confidence. I think that's probably my Achilles' heel. If I had more, I probably would have felt emboldened to make more interesting music earlier on, or really go for it in an artistic or songwriting sense.

If I weren't a performer, I would be still be writing and songwriting. Plus, I also really want to get into producing.

I've always wanted to sing and to be an entertainer. After high school, I moved from New Orleans to Los Angeles and started songwriting. But I didn't really get serious until then.

I want to become one of the songwriting greats. That's my number one goal.