Quotes About Integrity

There is nothing more disgraceful for any sportsperson than to be accused of murky stuff like match-fixing or spot-fixing.

I was brought up with a very strong value that you should always protect the small and the few against those who want to misuse their muscle and weight in order to get what they weren't supposed to.

I'm not going to jump over or muscle people. That's the way I've always played, the only way I know.

I am disappointed in the music business, I feel like a lot of people in the music business are phoney, there's a lot of people who will abuse and take my kindness.

You can do any number of things in the music business aside from trying to look like you're 25. To me it's embarrassing.

The music business used to be filled with people who love music.

I don't think I'd get caught up in the crazy side of the music industry because it's just not in my nature.

In this music industry, you'll find the differences with artists. You get some people who really love music... and you get people who do this because they want to have money or want to be famous.

I'm just not into the shady side of the music industry. Give credit where credit's due.

With Milli Vanilli, we felt more like bimbos, the bimbos of the music industry, and we didn't want to be the bimbos anymore.

I could have probably gone on and still played the part of the guitar player of Limp Bizkit, but musically I was kind of bored. If I was to continue, it would have been about the money and not about the true music, and I don't want to lie to myself, or to them or to fans of Limp Bizkit.

There was a time, early on in my career, when it was very important for me to be liked by everyone. It meant that I was musically less honest with myself.

I never compromised myself musically.

A good film demands its own score, and if you are a musician, your conscience will never allow you to do something mediocre for a good film.

Once I put down a color, I never cover it up. If you are born a musician, why become a banker?

I'm not a musician making words to go with my music.

There was no way we were going to let this band hobble around on three legs. We chose the route that every professional actor, athlete and musician should do - leave the legend intact and bow out at the top.

It's really nice to be able to do what I'm doing without having to compromise with another musician.

You don't want to make records so you can win a Grammy. You make records because you want to be a musician.

I still want to make Kyra proud of the person I am - father, husband, actor, musician.

I think my biggest musical hero growing up was probably Ian MacKaye. He set a great example for all of us local musicians. Still, to this day, I see him as the best example of a right-on musician.

I rather create better music and let that talk, than me going out and dissing other musicians in public.

I think musicians should stay off television generally.

People don't want their actors acting like musicians.