Quotes About Priorities

Of course, fighting's first. That's what I do; that's what pays my bills, you know.

I didn't want to do media or appearances. You've got to do this and that, fly here to film something. I didn't want to cut into my time for that. You can't pay for your peace of mind and your sanity.

I never wanted football to be my highest peak.

Even when I was at the peak of my career, I was never in the race to be number one.

I am a peasant from the Auvergne. I want to keep my farm, and I want to keep France. Nothing else matters now.

We've never been very good at servicing fans. I'm here to concentrate on music, not to be a pen pal to people who write to me.

I can tell you that when you're counting every penny, knowing that you are a single bad decision away from bankruptcy, you inevitably lose focus on what really matters for your business.

Always be nice to bankers. Always be nice to pension fund managers. Always be nice to the media. In that order.

When I've had money I've always spent it. I don't invest. A pension? Yes, it's called my talent.

Believe it or not, lots of people change their majors and abandon their dreams just to avoid a couple of math classes in college.

People say that having three orchestras is a crazy life, but it's better because you have three families. I want to have my own kids very soon. In future, I still want to conduct a lot, but less, to be with my family.

I can totally understand why people say: 'I'm going to do this T.V. series so that I can buy a flat'. But you've got to see what's of value to you as an actor.

It's really corny to say, but if you are happily married and have good kids, that is about 98 per cent of what you should be seeking to achieve.

Eighty per cent of my time is spent on paperwork, hiring musicians, putting bands together, setting up concerts, and 20 per cent is spent on the music. That's the part that you really enjoy, but you can't afford to spend 80 per cent on your music; otherwise, it's not going to happen.

I couldn't care less lots of times about getting scored on late in a game because it would affect my goals-against average or my save percentage.

I don't think my music is that big of a deal - my entire life is parenting. The fact that I make records and go off and play shows is a small percentage of my day-to-day existence.

Who I am as a father is far more important to me than the public perception.

I live for my daughter. Every decision I make is about her and for her. It's great. She's perfect.

I don't think there's a perfect time to have kids. I think first you have to find the perfect person.

I have no time for perfection.

I'm such a perfectionist. I can be like, 'This has to be like this. And this, and this and this.' But then you realize a lot of things that you thought mattered, they really don't matter.

There's this idea that you can have it all, but in my opinion, you can't - not if you're a perfectionist.

I used to focus so much on winning. I used to be such a perfectionist.

Fortunately, now I've got myself in a position where things are about story and not money. In my earlier career, it was more about getting my foot in the door and to get enough money to live, to be perfectly honest.