Quotes About Passion

I found I could speak through the guitar. Because you have the feel of the strings with both hands and it's up against your solar plexus, it's real, and so there's nothing between you and the music.

I went through a period in my life where I didn't have money to buy ramen noodles and peanut butter and jelly, but I also needed to go to the guitar store and buy strings and picks and polish and rags. I couldn't live with myself if I didn't play guitar.

I have grown up listening to Strings and they have always been a source of inspiration to me.

I always break three or four guitar strings per show and fling them at the audience.

It's been a straight strip, I must tell you, I've enjoyed it all the way. If I'm saying things to make it sound like it's hard, hard work, it's not. It's beautiful work. It's fun work. It's everything you'd ever want to do.

I found this book that had every 'Peanuts' strip from 1952 to 1955 and read every one. Amazing. So now I can say I have become a big 'Peanuts' fan.

I'd make a White Stripes record right now. I'd be in the White Stripes for the rest of my life. That band is the most challenging, important, fulfilling thing ever to happen to me. I wish it was still here. It's something I really, really miss.

I am a little obsessed with stripes.

I love what I do and I strive to be better; that's what keeps me going. I'm never a slacker, always a striver.

Romance is mush, stifling those who strive.

It's not easy being an actor, and having said that, everybody's an actor. Do you know what I mean? Paris Hilton's an actor, which is kind of scary. But if you want to honor your craft and yourself, strive for the nobler instincts.

I get asked a lot if I'd want to get into live-action movies, and the answer, honestly, is 'no.' I'm an illustrator, and I think animation is an extension of that way of expressing myself. That's not to say I'd never make a live-action movie, but I don't strive for it.

Not to say that you shouldn't strive for success, but don't forget why you're doing it. It's not just for adoration.

Our cast and crew strive for this show after show hard as they can. It shows in the finished product.

I'm not sure if you can strive your way into a career as a novelist. You have to write books; there are no short cuts.

I'm a pro. I'm a professional and strive to be the best and try to have fun.

After graduating college, I finally allowed myself to strive for what I loved to do, even if there were no guarantees that I would be able to make a living off of acting. This, combined with my life experiences prior - like stars aligning - led me to this lovely role of Katana within the DC Comics universe.

Hearing Jimi Hendrix as a little kid and falling in love with everything that he did on guitar rewired my basic nature. To me, that was a normal thing that you should do: you should strive to be as innovative as Hendrix.

I truly believe our work is an extension of who we are, and I constantly strive to push myself and my teams.

I am passionate about singing, and I strive to improve with every song and keep getting better.

I always strive to make my music unique.

If you want to strive toward something, just listen to John Bonham.

I just enjoy what I do, I don't really strive for perfection, I don't feel pressurised by the competition.

We're constantly striving for success, fame and comfort when all we really need to be happy is someone or some thing to be enthusiastic about.