Quotes About Passion

I'm glad there are a lot of guitar players pursuing technique as diligently as they possibly can, because it leaves this whole other area open to people like me.

There is no reason for me to show my collection in New York, because it's not about craft and technique there.

These performers that go on about their technique and craft - oh, puleeze! How boring! I don't know what 'technique' means. But I do know what experience is.

Sometimes I just rely on technique on stage, but it's not about technique. It's about how much you want to deliver the message to the audience. That's all.

Your technique, your drive - that's what you should carry with you.

I could talk about technique, theory and gear for days!

I love hip-hop, R&B, techno and Latin.

I like everything from hard-style techno to rock n' roll.

I don't want to make an album which is full of brutal and jarring techno.

I've always been a technological junkie.

My passions were an intersection between peace in the Middle East and climate change. I know how to understand a technology problem, break it into its components and solve it. I also knew I couldn't make peace solely through technological inventions.

To make a rock'n'roll record, technology is the least important thing.

I consider myself a nerd. I love science and technology.

I love technology. I have my iPad, iPad mini, iPhone and Mac laptop. Because I love technology, I think if I were not at the NBA, I would try to be part of a tech startup company.

When I was growing up, my father helped kindle my passion for innovation and technology. He was a high-ranking executive at AT&T and used our family dinner table as a focus group.

I was into Ted Nugent, I was a Nugent guy. I was a skateboarder listening to Ted Nugent.

When I was 13, I got my first guitar, and I could sort of play Ted Nugent songs, but I couldn't play the solos. But I could play along with entire Ramones songs.

I should give a TED Talk about my TV-marathoning skills. It's my sport.

My background was Rude Boys, Teddy Boys, rockabillys and skinheads. I was into reggae and Blondie and The Cure, and especially The Specials - these black and white guys getting it together. Extreme personalities. Extreme talent.

Steven Spielberg seems to have wanted to be a director from 13. He put his dog in a certain position and made him eat at four o'clock. He liked to direct it. But, to me, directing is tedious. Especially if you're acting in it. And I'm inherently lazy.

I'm not a studio rat. I do find sitting around playing the same song 12 times kind of tedious. I like to get in and get out.

Play difficult and interesting things. If you play boring things, you risk losing your appetite. Saxophone can be tedious with too much of the same.

Film can be exciting, but more often, it's tedious.

I am always looking for a cool tee shirt; maybe one with a rock band or an old advertisement.