Quotes About Ambition

I became a musician because that's really what I wanted to do when I was fifteen, but I had other abilities.

I really didn't intend to be a musician when I left Japan.

I still have a fantasy of being a musician when I grow up.

I confess to being a frustrated musician.

I did everything I could to not be a musician.

I always thought that I was an important musician. If you don't have that confidence, why would you go on and do it?

My only ambition is to grow as a musician.

I came to L.A. in 1970, and my desire and my training was to be a studio musician, which I had read about in my senior year in high school.

I got to New York when I was eighteen. I was knocking around, trying to be an actor, writer, musician, whatever happened.

The real Liberace - and I'll preface this by saying that I didn't know the real one - was a man who didn't come from much. His father left him and his family for another woman. His father was a musician, which I thought was pretty interesting.

I had a degree in economics but also thought of myself as a musician.

As I grow older, I just want to be a better musician, to play more.

I actually was a musician in college, a composer and singer, and really intended to be the second coming of Leonard Bernstein when I got out.

I don't think I ever thought of growing up to be anything other than a musician. There really wasn't a plan B. Well, a kind of a distant plan B was to be a Formula One driver, but there really wasn't an entry point.

I remember I wanted to be an athlete. I wanted to be in the NFL or NBA or something, and I don't think I dreamed of being a benchwarmer. I'm sure I wanted to be the best. But I didn't really ever think I was going to be a famous musician.

I'm a failed musician rather than a successful writer.

I would love to do a serious period drama. Oh, absolutely. I mean, you'll find most comedians want to do more serious stuff, most musicians want to be comedians, and most serious actors want to be musicians.

A lot of people assume that musicians are comrades by nature. It's cutthroat like anything else.

I've always thought that actors wanted to be pop musicians and pop musicians wanted to be actors.

One thing I've learned, and I don't really blame anybody for this: most people who have a lot of money are the people that want to make money more than anyone. I've seen it with athletes, I've seen it with musicians, you know?

I think that's one thing about the entertainment industry: Athletes want to be actors, and musicians want to be actors, so it all kind of mixes nice together.

I wanted to be a scientist, but I wanted to go into space. They are not mutually exclusive.

I now know that my dreams and my identity are only mutually exclusive if I don't try.

I didn't know I could sing until I auditioned for 'Les Miserables.' My friend was auditioning, and I wanted to audition too.