Quotes About Resilience

When a man is in despair, it means that he still believes in something.

This is Manchester, we do things differently here.

Don't let anyone tell you that you can't do something. Make your own victories. Make your own mistakes.

There are three things I was born with in this world, and there are three things I will have until the day I die-hope, determination, and song.

Music played a large role in the survival of the black people in America — that and a sense of humor that just couldn't be enslaved.

Sometimes it is the artist's task to find out how much music you can still make with what you have left.

Music never leaves you alone, and punk rock will always be there when nothing else will.

If you hit a wrong note, then make it right by what you play afterward.

If they cut off both hands, I will compose music anyway holding the pen in my teeth.

Even if the world ends, the Music will still survive...

You can cage the singer but not the song.

Ignore all hatred and criticism. Live for what you create, and die protecting it.

Music Has Been There For Me When No One Else Was And The Only Thing That Stays When Everyone Else Leaves

Music kept me off the streets and out of trouble and gave me something that was mine that no one could take away from me.

I'm taking a break from music... everyone was so mean about it and it was so hard that I wanted to die.

I'm so sorry for you; your lives have been so easy. You can't play great music unless your heart's been broken.

If you've lost your faith in love and music, Oh the end won't be long...

I've always enjoyed myself. Unhappy periods for me last about twenty minutes.

Jazz is music made by and for people who have chosen to feel good in spite of conditions.

Sometimes there are no gigs, but the main thing is the music. You can't take that away. The only person who can take that away from you is you.

Jazz came to America three hundred years ago in chains.

I'm listening to a lot of John Mayer again. I stopped listening to emotional music because I was in a really emotional place in my life.

If we can write or sing or create in some way, even when we are dealing with difficulties or pain, then it becomes something bigger than ourselves — and often beautiful.

We're gonna keep on doin' what we're doin', and we're gonna get it by all means. That's just what "ruthless" means to me. Everybody's got their own definition, but I'm ruthless with this music.