Quotes About Dedication

In year seven and eight I was very small, but I was muscular. Year nine, ten and eleven I got massive. I was in the gym every day, even at lunchtime and break times. I was thinking about boxing at that time but didn't think I would actually do it.

The more I learn and read about the 10th Muse i realize what a great fan base and cult following she has. I'm going to try to live up to the fantastic image of the 10th Muse!

Wrestling gave me something outside science, which was my muse before this.

I show up in my writing room at approximately 10 A.M. every morning without fail. Sometimes my muse sees fit to join me there and sometimes she doesn't, but she always knows where I'll be. She doesn't need to go hunting in the taverns or on the beach or drag the boulevard looking for me.

Composing music is hard work.

I listen to music all day every day. I can't not listen to music. It's kind of scary how much I listen to music, but it's what I love, and it's all I care about, so I'm good with it.

I'm just going to make the music I love to make, and I'm going to mature with my music.

Keep doing what you do, and people that enjoy what you do are gonna buy your music and love on you.

For us there's U2 music, and then there's everything else.

I think probably my main advice to new artists is if you want to be in the music business, you need to be dang serious about it because it's a rough business.

When you're in the music business, everything is very personal, because you are invested in everything; there's a very deep, personal attachment to your music.

I always knew, that in some way, I'd be connected to, and involved in, the music business.

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

I know how hard it is to make it in the music business.

I think there are so, so, so, so many things you have to be... to do this... you know, to keep going in the music business. Of course, you have to play well with others, you know, and you have to be smart with business and be good at your craft and be healthy.

My future definitely lies in the music business.

I want to carry on in the music business and in television because it's basically a hobby and a passion that I actually get paid for.

I had to focus on my music career. But tennis has always been a passion.

Anyone that has a music career and an acting career I think is pretty fantastic.

I can't take a break from acting but I've learnt to work my way around films and devote time to my music career.

I had no backup plan. I wanted to have a music career since I was 5 years old. I know that might be hard to believe, but it's true.

Ilaiyaraaja is my most favourite music director. His music was my lullaby, his music was my food, his music was my childhood, his music was my first love, his music was my failure, his music was my first kiss, my first love failure, my success... he is in my blood.

'Raaga' is one of those movies which is very special for any music director to compose music for.

We're all music fans and we just love being in a band, and that's why we do it.