Quotes About Passion

I've been painting off and on since I was in sixth grade. I don't paint when I'm acting - I'm not really able to split my focus that way. I do it intensely when I'm doing it, but I'm reluctant to take myself too seriously as a painter because that would mean there would be pressure to be better than I am.

I used to split my time between writing, music and painting. I would work on a book and then abandon it, start a band, do an album, quit music, then do a gallery show. Eventually I decided to give writing a serious shot.

The knowledge that in a split second that I could be dead almost overwhelms me. But it is through constant exposure to that fear that keeps me alive and lets me do what I love.

I'm in a rock band - I don't have a day job! I am spoiled... a lot.

I came across this guy named DJ Grumble and I just really liked his beats because they were different. I felt like they spoke to me.

President-elect Bush spoke in a forceful and candid manner that it is his passion that all children should have access to a first class education.

I wanted to make music that spoke to me, without having the expectation of success that comes with Lady Antebellum.

My sophomore year at high school, I spent $300 I had earned working at After School Matters for my first studio session. For a 16-year-old to sacrifice that much money was pivotal. It spoke a lot about how serious I was.

I am not a doctor or a scientist, but merely a passionate layperson, a filter, a messenger. I spoke with so many patients who are living normal, happy, fulfilled lives, and their enthusiasm and great quality of life convinced me that you can indeed live with cancer.

Elvis Presley's music never meant anything to me. Mambo was the music I loved - it spoke to me.

I never really thought about what kind of career I wanted to map out for myself. I just wanted to do work that spoke to my heart. 'Atlanta' definitely did that.

My mum took me to the theatre a lot, and I'd obsess over them for weeks after. She took me to see 'The Blue Room' at The Royal Exchange when I was 13, and that was a profound moment for me - I remember really wanting to be an actor. It really spoke to me like nothing else had before.

Sondheim's work especially, and musical theater like that, just spoke to me so much and taught me so many lessons.

I think what Ring of Honor is known for really spoke to me.

When I was a kid, my parents told me that every time we went to see a play or musical, I would sit there with my mouth hanging open completely immersed. I think it has just always spoken to me, been the thing that makes me feel alive, seen, and the way I can express myself.

Fashion is so important to me. I've always spoken about it in my music.

I've spoken to people who have retired once they lost the enjoyment of a long day in the field or going to the gym. If I lose that, it's time to go.

I won the speech competition in class, and I always say this was my first 'spoken word performance.' It was the first time I got on stage and recited something. I fell in love with the stage at the age of 12.

I was an English major in college, so I really liked spoken word and poetry; it was what I did before I wrote music.

Well, mostly I just want to be an actor. I love being an actor, and I don't want to be a spokesman for anything, I don't want to do anything crazy or fancy like that.

Being a spokesperson for cancer awareness has been a passion of mine. It helps me in my recovery but also helps others.

I think I've kind of been mistaken for somebody who's trying to be a spokesperson for animal rights, and the fact is I'm not qualified to be a spokesperson. I am passionate about it, but I'm not trying to make other people do what I do.

I've got what I want, and I've got the luck to express myself and to be paid and to do what I do as a creative person.

For poets that have had my luck, Seldom write when they can kiss.