Quotes About Passion

The only thing I'm sure of is that I want to keep doing work that speaks to me.

Every so often you read a play and a character just speaks to you - almost seems to speak through you, in fact.

You can't ever create defensively. You just have to create the next thing that really speaks to you.

One may speak about anything on earth with fire, with enthusiasm, with ecstasy, but one only speaks about oneself with avidity.

I get called to do a lot of labors of love... independent films on very small budgets. If I have the time and if the project speaks to me, it's better than sitting around, right?

Country music was the music I was brought up on. It's the music that's closest to my heart and the music that speaks to me the most, and it's always been a big influence on my own songwriting.

I set the bar high because I don't want to do just any other show just to keep working. I want to do something special that means something to people and speaks to them. Those kinds of opportunities don't come along all the time!

I know that I'm not a criminal. People say that, but my music speaks for itself. And I believe in my music.

I'm just first of all looking for a part that's well written and speaks to me.

Projects don't need to be special for me to sign up, but I do need them to have something that speaks to me in some way.

I want to do work of meaning that speaks to a greater depth of who I am.

That's the great thing about being an actor: getting the opportunity to do something that really speaks to you.

I make music that speaks to me.

I just make the music and then the music speaks for itself.

The guitar speaks for me and it says things - hopefully - for everybody that I play for.

The brighter the fire in your belly to achieve something special, the more hurts you'll have.

Music is always with me and I don't need a special space for it.

I enjoy playing football, and that's about it. I'm no-one special.

You may earn whatever money you earn as a cricketer, but you want to play for your country. At the end of the day, you want to do something special. There are plenty of people who earn 50 crores or 100 crores as businessmen or big professionals or who are really doing well in business. But what gives pleasure to your mom and dad is the fame.

A derby is always special.

I was about 17 or 18 years old, and Chris Rock's 'Bring the Pain' came out, and I was obsessed. You know, it just hit on everything that was going on at that time and was such an in-the-moment special, and he knocked it out of the park.

There's something very special about playing for Liverpool.

The best music happens when you have a personal connection to it. That same philosophy can extend to the instrument you hold in your hands: if a guitar means something special, you're bound to do great things with it.

I believe that I'm a special player. I think people love the way I just try to play. I don't try to impress anyone when I'm playing or anything. I just have a feel for the game.