Quotes About Passion

In a weird kind of way, music has afforded me an idealism and perfectionism that I could never attain as me.

I'm a lot more serious on the court. I'm probably a lot more intense than some of these guys thought I would be. Off the court, I'm a totally different dude. But my passion's to win, and I'm a perfectionist out there.

People often called us perfectionists, but we were not looking for perfection. We were looking for some kind of magic in the music.

I like difficult people because that means they're perfectionists and they're passionate.

A diva is someone who is a perfectionist, who does her best in her craft.

People tell me being a perfectionist is a fault, but I find that's what drives me.

I think any artist is a perfectionist by their nature.

For me, it's life or death doing plays: there's this perfectionist thing about me that it has to be brilliant - anything less than that is a failure.

I'm a bit of a perfectionist, and I want to give 100 percent to everything.

I was into the music scene, but I was also a bit of a perfectionist and very hard on myself... very dark in that way.

We're perfectionists. We take everything we do so seriously.

We love but once, for once only are we perfectly equipped for loving.

Now, I am perfectly willing to just enjoy my career by choosing roles simply because I consider them to be a challenge and doing the best possible job I can.

Fortunately, now I've got myself in a position where things are about story and not money. In my earlier career, it was more about getting my foot in the door and to get enough money to live, to be perfectly honest.

I'm like, bursting. I should be working. I don't want to take a break. It's funny, on set, I don't have to go to the bathroom, I don't have anything wrong, I'm perfectly fine, so through-and-through. I'm not hungry. I'm literally not even in my own body.

It's better to do your purpose imperfectly than to do someone else's purpose perfectly.

I mean, musical theater really informed so much of my life. It just so perfectly brings order to chaos, which is why we love theater.

Music and dance influence my style in a lot of ways. Sometimes I go off to work dressed up like I'm going to hit the stage and perform.

My fans, country radio, friends, family, you name it - they know I love to perform.

I'll perform all the way to the grave.

'Firecracker' was such a fun song to write and to perform.

I started to perform when I was 12... I don't talk too much. I let the music do the talking.

I'll be honest: I've never wanted to do anything other than perform.

I think rock 'n' roll would become exponentially, considerably more difficult to perform past about 65.