Quotes About Passion

Elvis came along when I was 10. My father gave me a bass ukulele. I taught myself how to play from a book to play some chords, so I was laying down 'Hound Dog' and things like that when I was 10 years old in 1955. That's the way I was. My ear was glued to the radio. I knew right then what I wanted to do.

I wanted this, I wanted to do this, but my work is me, and it has to be right.

When I was 15 and had the light bulb moment I wanted to be an actor, it was my sole focus and goal, and I went after it with determination.

I wanted to be someone who wanted to produce music, and here I am, and I'm happy about it.

I just wanted to sing, to get my voice heard. I knew I had to do everything possible to stay in the industry.

I think by eighth grade I knew I wanted to be an actor. I'd done church plays and stuff, but my first actual acting class was in eighth grade. I was obsessed with it.

I picked up the guitar at 12 yrs old - basically, my mother and father bought it for me for Christmas. I played one at my friend's house; when I say played it, I just played around with it at my friend's house. It just struck me as something I really wanted.

I wanted to be a mechanic. When I was 14 I wanted to quit school and go work on my car. But my dad said Son, you shouldn't do that. You should stay in school until your education is finished, and when you're done, don't make your hobby your job.

Even when I was fighting in China I met some guys on the local circuit that we're fighting, they didn't enjoy it, they wanted to be musicians and do other things, but they're just fighting because it pays the bills and they get money for it.

When I was 12, I wanted to learn how to play the guitar, and I found a chord book in a shop, and I stuffed it down my trousers. And that's how I learned to play the guitar.

When I was thirteen I only wanted to be a drummer.

I always wanted to be a singer, it's what I wanted to do since I was little. I'm doing it now and I couldn't be happier.

I never wanted to sing. I just wanted to play rhythm guitar - hide in the back and just play.

My father always wanted me to play a musical instrument, and I never had that type of skill.

I wanted to pursue chemical engineering because I thought it was the future.

I've always kind of just had a big personality and a voice that I wanted heard.

I wanted to make noise, not study theory.

I have always wanted to become a musician and a singer.

Finding ballet gave me passion for the first time in my life. I was always very shy and just wanted to fit in; I never daydreamed about what I wanted to be when I grew up. But dancing gave me a connection to my personality that made me grow.

I grew up seeing my parents perform and sing, and I just always wanted to be singing, too. Music has always been my deepest passion and what I felt most connected to.

I've always wanted to be someone with credibility, and I want my food to speak for myself.

My childhood dream was always to be on Broadway. I wanted to end up in TV and film. It's kind of flipped, and I'm not mad about it, but my childhood dream is Broadway and I want to end up there.

I was always told at school that you had to have a back-up plan, but all I ever wanted to do was act. There was no plan B for me.

I always wanted to sing English songs, ever since I was, like, 10 or 12 years old.