Quotes About Passion

Rock's so good to me. Rock is my child and my grandfather.

I love the entertainment business. I have a lot of friends in it, but it wasn't my passion. The sports business is what I am passionate about. I also wanted to define myself through something that wasn't linked to my grandfather.

My mother told me I was begging her to be an actor when I was four. My father and my grandfather saw at least one or two movies a week; they were film buffs, so I guess it just rubbed off on me. And now it's kind of become a way of life for me.

I love blues. My grandfather did blues.

My grandfather was a church organist and would sing in choirs and was a musical genius to a certain extent.

I was always an athlete; my grandfather and my dad are basketball players, and I played sports my whole life.

Since I was 15 or 16 years old, my grandfather was my high school football coach and my life's been ball. Dinners we're talking about ball and college we're talking about ball.

At the risk of sounding grandiose, I will say that, to me, rock 'n' roll is sacred.

I grew up cooking. I was always in my grandma's cooking, and I never thought of it as a career.

My grandma was a ballerina.

My grandmother, she say I shouldn't be playing. I should go to church. Fially, I say I'm going do this, I'm going do it. And she got where she didn't bother me about it.

I blame my grandmother for encouraging me to become an actress.

I have been singing since the time I was two. My mom says I would sing Gujarati songs with my grandmother when I was a kid.

I remember my grandmother used to always say, 'Don't put all your eggs in one basket.' But when I realized that music was inside of me, I decided I'm putting all my eggs in one basket.

My grandmother got into this business in the 1940s, so it's all I've ever known. So I've seen a lot of wrestling.

I've said this before, I would fight my grandmother if I had to. And she's dead.

My grandparents have taught me that since I was younger: just to be involved in a whole bunch of different things so you don't get burnt out, and you know what you like to do and what you don't like to do.

I don't even have the plaques in my house - the gold and platinum-selling plaques. I gave them to my parents and grandparents. It was never about the numbers, never about the money. It was always about the music. That's all I care about.

I don't take anything for granted; awards and all that go with it are very nice, and it's nice to get a positive response, but for me, it's about the music. I don't make music to win awards. I make music for the people.

In my career, I've never been a box office name. Granted, a couple of my movies have made a lot of money, but I'd do other movies which make very little money, or they're not seen that much.

Ever since I was a child, I've been a huge comic and graphic novel fan, but I've never tried writing one before.

I went to community college for graphic design, and I loved it, but I wasn't into the school thing, so that didn't work out.

I love movies, but I would love to write as many graphic novels as people would read from me.

My wife tells me I always have to have a project. A 'projectophile' or something. It's true. I always feel like the grass is growing under my feet.