Quotes About Perseverance

People thought me a bit strange at first; a blond haired, blue-eyed Norwegian who sang Mexican folk songs, but I used it to my advantage and got a job. And so the music became my ticket to education.

Let's face the music and dance.

I was ready to quit music. It felt to me like music equalled death.

I've lost things bigger than my music career.

When I got started in New York, if you were different from Miles & Dizzy it was very difficult.

It was unlikely that anyone had ever heard a black person sing country music.

Music is what I love to do, so you'll never have to worry about me not doing that.

I can almost always write music; at any hour of the twenty-four, if I put pencil to paper, music comes.

I've been focused for a long time. I've given my life to do music. I've sacrificed everything.

Whatever deceptions life may have in store for you, music itself is not going to let you down.

. . .where there is no more hope, song remains.

You can't take the sky from me.

If this is what you love and music is your passion, it's always ways to get through things and find ways to get around things.

90% of every art form is garbage - dance and stand-up, painting and music. Focus on the 10% that's good, suck it up, and drive on.

My music is about being strong, even in your vulnerability

When I was 17 years old, I was in the music business.

They wasn't gonna give you nothin'. I didn't care as long as they let me play my music. Cash on the spot... You cheat me and I'm gonna get me some money, too.

I think there is a certain perversity in my music in that I continue, you know, to eat at the same ball of vomit year after year.

When you can write music that endures, bravo. Until then, keep quiet and study the work of those who can.

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.

Stand-up don't get no respect - it's the hardest thing to do in show business. You don't have no band and there's no music.

There were no guarantees that country music, whose roots were in the South, were ready for Charley Pride.

Honestly, I don't recommend anyone get into music. If you have something else that you're good at, do that instead. This is a really tough world to live in.

If I'm going to make music for the streets or the clubs or whatever, I go at it with 110 percent.