Quotes About Dedication

Because I work so much, people think that I have a team writing for me, but that's not why I chose to write music for films. I chose to write music because I like to write music. So every single note that comes out of my studio is written by me, and I wouldn't be able to do two movies at the same time.

I want my kids to understand that when family needs something, I'm there. And, on a different note, all three of my kids are adopted.

I did play every little note on the guitar on that record.

Duane Allman was the best guitar player I ever heard who didn't read a note.

If I get a note on my script or my films, what I say to a studio executive is that, 'You know, this is the film of my legacy, and I never want to be sitting in a theater looking up on the screen and seeing something that I don't believe in.' I will never do that.

I want to be there for the last note of 'Freebird' when that happens.

When we're in the studio, and we sing that first note on that record, you're committing to being a Backstreet Boy!

I spend time editing and massaging each note. Then I start layering with different instruments, adding harmonies, counterpoint, and whatever the song calls for. Then I arrange it into a whole piece, and decide where I need to add live musicians. It takes a lot of time, but it is very satisfying once it is complete.

Tennis parents and stage mothers should take note. The kid has got to want to do it, not just to please the parent, but for himself.

I sleep with a notebook next to me, and most nights I sleep with my guitar next to me.

I make notebooks for characters, and it kind of becomes a bible.

And, as soon as I could put together the, you know, three or four notes that made up, like, sort of a rock and roll lick, you know, like a Chuck Berry kind of thing, I was off and running. Just completely taken over.

I won't say if nerd is the right term, but I'm a big, big cricket fanatic. I just cannot stop thinking, talking cricket. I do carry notebooks and make notes to look at improving and developing my own game.

Well, ever since I was six, I had a little notebook with coverages and notes on the mental aspect of a game, what it meant to be a leader and what type of attitude you had to have.

In live action, sometimes a mood or a feeling can go on for quite a while. Animation is a lot more effort. There are a lot more notes.

As long as I can sing and hit the notes, I want to do that.

The beauty of it is when you can just show up and hit the notes.

I was never a good student. But I wrote acting notes every day and prepared for my next shoots diligently.

I'll put it this way: I couldn't just go out the practice without looking at the playbook, without looking at notes. I wouldn't be able to do much.

I'm usually up until around 1 A.M. or 2 A.M. I don't get much sleep - and I prefer it that way, writing notes and coming up with different ideas for two to three hours between 11 P.M. and 1 A.M. or 2 A.M.

If what you do for a living is play drums or bass, then that defines you. You don't want to be some guy missing notes here and there; you want to really speak with it.

Ain't nothin' changed with me. I'm Eastside Gary til I die.

And all for love, and nothing for reward.

It is a blessing to die for a cause, because you can so easily die for nothing.