Quotes About Passion

When you look into the eyes of your people out there that came to see you, that's when it's like, 'Yep, this is what it's all about.' This is why we don't sleep, and this is why we write songs and try to be the best. This moment right here onstage.

You can make a hit song in 15 minutes. I don't know about someone else's song, but songs that people like of mine, I've created in 15 minutes or less.

There are so many great songs yet to sing.

I really sing songs that move me. I'm not in show business. I'm in the communications business. That's what it's for me.

I only record songs that I really like and believe in and can sing with conviction.

We play our Irish songs a bit more loosely.

I love ballads. I'm not into fast songs. I love to put my heart and all of my feelings into a song.

Selfishly, I make music for me. I like to make music. I like looking for songs. I like working with interesting musicians. I like producing records. It's something I will always do.

When we played with the Rollins Band, we'd keep songs going until we felt like ending it.

My aspirations aren't to sell millions of records, but to write really good songs.

I've been a huge fan of Adele, Sam Smith, and Ed Sheeran, and those amazing artists draw inspiration from their present and past experiences; they write songs from their heart.

I feel like my whole life I've been searching for what I want to do, searching for my identity as a musician and a songwriter, and my band's identity.

I grew up playing guitar and writing music, and I always wanted to be a songwriter and a singer and play the guitar. But while I was finishing college, my drag became lucrative, so I had to pursue what was going to pay the bills - and doing comedy as Trixie was something that I was able to market.

I came out to L.A. to be a songwriter and not an artist, and I'm so excited because I always secretly wanted to be an artist.

I definitely consider myself a songwriter first because that's my best attribute.

I've always been around musicians and always been the songwriter who doesn't end up playing the music.

I'm a songwriter first.

I find writing songs hard, because it does not come naturally to me. I never set out to be a songwriter or a singer.

I only wanted to be a songwriter. I never wanted to be a singer. And I never wanted to be famous.

And this whole period of time of gradually working at being a better guitar player and songwriter have gradually led me to the point where I feel I'm doing a clearer representation of the thing that I've been feeling inside me since I was four years old.

A songwriter should have friends who are similarly interested; should move about in the milieu of work he has chosen for himself.

I always wanted to be an artist; being a songwriter for myself was always a must but being a songwriter for others has been a bonus.

I think if you're a good songwriter, that's what you are first - not a star or celebrity.

Being a songwriter does not rely on an audience or other band members or a camera. I can just sit in a room and write songs.