Quotes About Passion

Listen, there's been times in my life like the two years that I only listened to jazz, and probably nothing after 1966. When I went to the Manhattan School of Music, the library didn't have anything after 1966. In order to get good at that, I had to tunnel-vision and focus on that.

I kept listening to albums where I'd hear this very joyful sound - and it was always the glockenspiel. Then I ordered one online, and I figured out how to play it.

Desire, burning desire, is basic to achieving anything beyond the ordinary.

I used to think I was ordinary and just like everybody else, and I am, but there is something about being in a band. It's not for everyone.

I am just working every day, day to day, with what I believe. It's a very ordinary way of dealing with your life - just dealing with your work.

I do a film because at that particular moment, I want to make a film. It is my attempt at moving away from the ordinary.

I want to learn to sight-read music. And to play the bass pedals on the organ. Those are my only ambitions.

I'm basically a keyboard player, so if it's got a keyboard on it, I'll give it a shot. I played a lot of organ in the early days. I can make a few chords on guitar, but that's about it.

When I was 6 years old, I asked my parents for an organ. I don't have any idea why I wanted an organ.

I want to try different things but, most importantly, always be true to my roots and keep it organic. I'm never going to leave bachata behind. I'm always going to be a bachatero first.

It was a sort of organic thing. I never went, 'I must be an actress.' I thought, 'I think I could do this. I think I could be good at this.' I would just get sort of hungry when I read something I thought I can do well, whether it was in books or in scripts or if I saw a certain movie. It sort of happened quite naturally.

I always have a will to write. It's organic to me.

When I first became a mother, I didn't want my son to have any extra exposure to what I did. I had this theory that if he wanted to do what I do for a living, it should be organic and come from him, not from the fact that this was just what he saw all the time.

What's so wonderful about the street is it's organic music. No preservatives. There's no other reason to be out there except you just love music and want to play.

I believe short films are more organic. It's almost like doing theatre. It just takes few takes.

My love for fashion has been natural, it's been organic and I want to keep it that way.

I'm very interested in film, but any more involvement would happen organically. I'm not really seeking anything out, just looking at projects that come up that interest me.

I came to singing organically.

I used to say I'm not a business. I'm not! But I've had to come round to it, to acknowledge that you had to be an organisation and had to have a business dimension in order to do your passion.

You can't have an organised life and a five year plan and be an actor.

I love the game of basketball, and as long as I can do that, keep playing and try to get some more championships with the organization, I'll be happy.

All the great organizations in the world, all have a sense of why that organization does what it does.

If money was my only motivation, I would organize myself differently.

When did I know I had talent? I think it started when I first started playing sports, organized sports.