Quotes About Passion

I was only interested in my scene, and I had to go through thousands and thousands of other scenes. I got my scene and I read it many, many, many, many, many times. That was my research.

You cannot imagine how great it is to step out on the stage with thousands of screaming fans loving you.

I started my first novel when I was 10, and have produced thousands of pages of juvenilia since.

Acting is a very artistic profession and there are thousands of people out there who think they are actors but there are very few who have real talent.

An 'OMG' of mine would probably be speaking on stage and performing in front of thousands of people!

Playing live was always definitely a lot more fun. You picture it: working alone in the studio eight or 10 hours a day with nobody else there, being frustrated and driven crazy by all of the things that you have to deal with, vs. thousands of people screaming and singing along with you playing.

I grew up singing, and I played on Broadway to thousands of people, you know what I mean?

My favorite thing to do is to perform. It doesn't matter if people are watching or not because either way, I see 50,000 people when I close my eyes, and I will give a show for those thousands of people, regardless if you see them or not.

How many times do you get to play in Portland in front of how many thousands of people? That's the kind of environment we want to be in.

I get to travel the world in front of thousands of people and get paid for it. It's pretty awesome.

So I was always passionate about it and felt that it was sort of the golden thread inside me in terms of what I was supposed to do in terms of work but I think I have relaxed a lot in terms of the actual experience and actually enjoy it more and enjoy the people more.

I think the thread running through most midwives is the passion.

I've always had a teenage thread running through my music.

There must be a thread in everything I choose to take on, and I can't say it's a calculated thread, but I think you end up doing the work that's resonating with you.

The one constant thread through my life so far is that I have been constantly fed and nourished by music.

My career choice has largely been what I wanted to do. I always knew that technology would be one of the threads.

I was at the first Minor Threat show, and you could tell, 'This band is going to be the king of the town.' It was obvious. They were so good.

I moved to Naples, Florida, and by 15 I was into punk: Green Day, Rancid, NOFX, Operation Ivy. Along with the classic punk bands, like the Sex Pistols, the Clash, the Misfits, Dead Kennedys, Minor Threat - all those bands that you get into when you're first getting into punk.

When it comes to Starbucks, I take every threat very personally.

The only book worth writing is the book that threatens to kill you.

I put quite a bit of study into the horn, that's true. In fact, the neighbors threatened to ask my mother to move once, you know.

I want to put out music I really believe in, and when I felt that was threatened, I lashed out at everybody.

I've always been interested in people who think out of their time, and I have this passion, actually, for science. I'm just so enormously interested in how, when you think of these revolutionary ideas, other people get threatened, especially if you are different.

No matter what political cause compels us, we should always feel as though it's being threatened. We should use these causes, whatever they are, to bring people together and get each other excited about our role, so we feel like we can't stop and won't stop.