Quotes About Passion

I've always loved the recording studio.

I'm always on the prowl for the kinds of recordings that can inspire and potentially make a difference.

As a kid, I was obsessed with Broadway cast recordings, and I would totally mimic and memorize every little choice that these actors made.

I'm very conscious of the fact that I devoted my life to recording music, recordings and writing songs.

My passion is music, you know, and music influences culture, influences lifestyle, which leads me to 'Roc-A-Wear'. I was forced to be an entrepreneur, so that led me to be CEO of 'Roc-A-Fella' records, which lead to Def Jam.

I never race for records. The motivation to try to beat the record is not enough to continue. You have to enjoy it.

There's always gonna be rock n' roll bands, there's always gonna be kids that love rock n' roll records, and there will always be rock n' roll.

My mother knew how to read music and everything. But I just kinda learned off of records. And so, I was listening to records and I'd play 'em over and over.

Too many times I've heard records from bands who were obviously, like, 'Well, we're at least gonna do half as well as we did on our last record. At least we can count on that.' You really have to keep that initial hunger that made some of your first best songs your first best songs. You have to keep that fire in the belly.

We used to listen to all the marvelous operas on records. Music was a very important part of our lives.

I just to put out the best records I can and perform the best I can.

I want to have hit records, but I'm not searching to say, 'All right, I need this to be in the club. I need this, that.' I'm just making quality music.

I'll be writing records until I'm dead, whether people like it or not! I can't not write; if I don't, then I get really depressed. I'll keep going, I promise!

Once you start collecting records you learn more and more about jazz and blues.

Growing up, I listened to a lot of jazz and blues records - John Coltrane and Etta James. I was also really into Radiohead and the BeeGees.

I listened to a lot of Marvin Gaye and Motown records.

Old Korn records had so much intensity.

Look, as long as we can make records and sell enough so we can do some shows, that's all I want. You know what? I just want to play guitar and be in a band. Same as I always did.

I love my fragrance like I love my records. My perfume is myself.

I've always wanted to make records that rock like hell. But also, I've never wanted to compromise that Country place deep inside.

I started buying ill, obscure records, and then I saw Portishead and Air live, and my mouth was on the ground.

Like with me, like around '97, for Christmas my parents bought me an MPC 2000 sampler and a little eight-track cassette recorder. And I started sampling records and, you know, producing hip-hop beats. And it got to the point where I realized - I innately realized that the music I liked the most was made by people that played instruments.

Making records should be fun.

I went out there to play my game for the fun of it and never based my career around records.