Quotes About Focus

I always make sure that the lid over the keyboard is open before I start to play.

To play great music, you must keep your eyes on a distant star.

We're gonna keep on doin' what we're doin', and we're gonna get it by all means. That's just what "ruthless" means to me. Everybody's got their own definition, but I'm ruthless with this music.

If this company is about anything, it's about discipline and staying focused.

Chess, like love, like music, has the power to make men happy.

Self-discipline, as a virtue or an acquired asset, can be invaluable to anyone.

I'm focusing on the music, but I still got a cold library of books that I've either read or I plan on getting to.

There is no art without intention.

Teens think listening to music helps them concentrate. It doesn't. It relieves them of the boredom that concentration on homework induces.

You have to make a decided effort to not get seduced by the Blues.

Write even when the world is chaotic. You don't need a cigarette, silence, music, a comfortable chair, or inner peace to write. You just need ten minutes and a writing implement.

I don't listen to music before a race - my coach doesn't like it, he thinks I might lose my focus and concentration.

Wherever the music comes from, if there is no focus behind it then it's just noise

I would leave school and be bummed out for 15 minutes, and then I would take my mind of things by making music.

I never wrote music or arranged songs or lyrics when I was under the influence of anything but coffee. That's not gone away.

I love a lot of things, and I'm pretty much obsessive about most things I do, whether it be gardening, or architecture, or music. I'd be an obsessive hairdresser.

Playing scales is like a boxer skipping rope or punching a bag. It's not the thing in itself; it's preparatory to the activity

Jazz is like a telescope, and a lot of other music is like a microscope.

Lose yourself in the music, the moment - you own it.

The closest Ive come to knowing myself is in losing myself. Thats why I loved football before I loved music. I could lose myself in it.

You have to be very focused about the music that you have inside.

I only write when listening to the music.

The artists who endure are the ones who stay focused even after they have reached the top of their profession.

. .the most crucial ingredient by far for success in music is . . .what happens in the practice room.