Quotes About Passion

There are people who take fashion at different levels, but personally, I'm just a kid with it.

I grew up playing hockey and baseball, so I wish I had time to get back into it, but living in L.A. and North Carolina, you have to take advantage of the golf.

When I do write, it happens really easily. I'll just kind of sing along to whatever I'm playing, then find a line to build off of, then sit down and write. When I do write, I take care of business!

Along the way, everyone's been saying, 'Make sure you take care of your voice because you're going to want to do it the rest of your life.' And it's absolutely true.

What I would like to do... once I take care of all my kids' student loans, is buy a red 1965 Mustang and fully restore it.

I've loved basketball my entire life and to be able to cover this sport is a privilege that I don't take for granted.

Every day is a good day above ground, and especially being able to play metal and being able to your craft and everything. You've gotta respect that, because it's something that can be taken away from you really quick.

I got taken to see Oliver!' by my Nana when I was five and I remember the experience so viscerally. And I just said to her, 'This is what I want to do!'

Sarah Corvus in 'Bionic Woman' was one of my favorite characters I've ever played, ever, for reasons that are very similar to Nikki in 'Sexy Evil Genius.' I felt that that show was taken away from me too soon, and I really wanted to dive back into that mind frame again.

I have always loved to skate, and that is all I wanted to do. Having my whole, entire career taken away from me by somebody else - not losing it myself - I do have blame, but when somebody takes your whole, entire life away from you, and you don't know what to do, it's like you're lost.

Promos have always been something that I've taken very, very seriously.

I'll keep working as long as I live because singing has taken on the feeling of joy that I had when I started, when my only responsibility was to sing well.

And I don't believe that melodramatic feelings are laughable - they should be taken absolutely seriously.

I have said things to people on the field and in business that I cannot believe came out of my mouth.When you compete with all you have, you reach some place deeper in your soul than most people know exists. That's why I love it. Business has taken me back to that competitive spot.

Show me a Scorsese film, and I'll show you a movie where he's taken risks. It's just his nature. He's an artist, and artists take risks. He always does what he believes in.

The love and passion I had for the game was my key. I never had that taken out of me by my parents or a silly coach.

When I got to Activision, it was like a carnival. They had a recycling container filled with cans and a sign over it that said 'Activision Takeover Defense Fund.' Activision was making games based on passion and gut instinct. We needed to develop games based on P&L statements and what was going to sell.

I don't know how to function without music. When I'm not making it, I'm listening to it. It gives me courage and takes care of my mind.

I'm a person that takes on situations from passion. I get passionate about things, and I try to help.

When someone like me takes a sabbatical, it leads to a few happy realisations. It was only when I was away that I realised how films are such a big part of my life.

I love sports because it takes me away from reality, and I tell people, 'No matter how bad your life is, if you are having problems at home, you are having problems at work, that's the beauty of sports.'

I hate losing, and I'm gonna do whatever it takes to be the best at whatever it is I'm doing.

When I'm on stage the savage in me is released. It's like going back to being a cave man. It takes me six hours to come down after a show.

Music is my life. If music takes a backseat, everything will go away from my life.