Quotes About Passion

I have been reading crime books ever since I was a child, but I had never tried to write one.

People tried to change my concept of what music is. That music is work, but it's not like that.

I'm not on fire for the Lord, so I tried to make myself generate this fire for the Lord.

I think have my own style; no one has ever tried playback singing before. I might release a punk rock song that perhaps other won't appreciate, but I like doing my own thing. I make music for my own satisfaction, not for money or fame.

I love pop music. I've tried to always be honest about that.

When I started, I was an artist; I wanted to be an artist. I became an actor almost by accident. I acted for fifteen years and tried to produce. I looked for stories that were the story beneath the story that you thought you knew, like 'The Candidate'.

People have tried to push me into other sports, but it's always been football.

I've tried lots of things. The reality is, I'm excited by everything on Day 1. And if by Day X things aren't working the way I hoped, I lose my passion. I have not seen the correlation between my passion and my success.

I mean, I could tell that I really had... a precious gift. And I'm so glad that I have followed through with it and really used that gift and nurtured it, honed it, made it sharp and tried to use it as a tool now to make music and to make a living for my family.

I tried to double major in Psychology & Theater at Loyola Marymount but felt I needed to concentrate more on theater.

I've just tried for all of these years to find the best records, the best songs that I could find that fit me, and I've had great people to work with all these years.

If I were to write my epitaph... Epitaph? Hey, shut-up Albert. I'd want to be remembered as someone who loved his sport and tried his best.

I don't think there's a hobby that I haven't tried on.

I've always appreciated basketball. I never tried to disrespect the game.

I took classical piano for a couple of years, but I sort of lost interest - I couldn't read a note today if I tried. I still enjoy that stuff, and I think I naturally gravitate towards the classical licks; in fact, I know that I do. I gravitate towards the classical licks that I heard by famous old composers.

I tried to make a point of doing things outside the box, of not having basketball consume me.

I got into running when I was being mentored by my coach. I tried it and developed a passion for it.

I'm one of them guys that tries to make everything the best of the best, so sometimes I'm out of control with it.

Mum tries to keep our mind on other things as well as football. But my dad's always football.

There's a difference between fake hustle for show and being someone who tries hard to win.

I think we've all been in the middle of doing something we cared about, when someone coming in the room and saying 'hello' was annoying. I personally can understand that, as someone who tries to create.

Everyone tries to compare cooks to rock stars. I see more comparisons to the fashion world.

In those times when a kid first tries to express themselves creatively, it sets them on a different path. Sometimes, that path can be really wonderful and can lead to a career doing some of the things you love. I also think that the price on that is a certain amount of alienation or distance created between a lot of the people around you.

Everything an artist does is scary, but we do it anyway. If someone tries to steer you off-course, push them outta the way and get back on course. Never giving up - that's what I truly believe all the greatest bands have done.