Quotes About Dedication

I'll probably be 80 years old and still performing. Music is like fashion, it changes. But some things will always be the same.

Sometimes there are no gigs, but the main thing is the music. You can't take that away. The only person who can take that away from you is you.

Put out great music, and that's that

There is an integrity to INXS, in the music, that makes it worthwhile.

I always felt I never chose music, it chose me.

The music of this opera (Madame Butterfly) was dictated to me by God. I was merely instrumental in getting it on paper and communicating it to the public.

I would like to be a scholar in whatever I do, a scholar is never finished, he is always seeking and I am always seeking.

I have been doing music all my life so everyday when I get up I expect music will be part of it.

Only become a musician if there is absolutely no other way you can make a living.

I can't live one day without hearing music, playing it , studying it , or thinking about it .

Don't only practise your art, but force your way into its secrets.

Country music is important to me, and I love it, but it's not my whole life.

Music is a way of life, it's everything. I play drums and that's what I believe I was born to do.

Never lose faith in real rock and roll music. Never lose faith in that. You might have to look a little harder, but it's always going to be there.

Criticism does not disturb me, for I am my own severest critic. Always in my playing I strive to surpass myself, and it is this constant struggle that makes music fascinating to me.

We don't do it for the money... we do it for the music.

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.

I'm not a star. I'm just backing up the cats.

Let your heart beat for music. Don't be a DJ for the wrong reasons, do it because you have a passion for it.

It's a great thing about being a musician; you don't stop until the day you die, you can improve. So it's a wonderful thing to do.

Music, it requires more than brawn. It requires a lot of heart. You gotta put love in there.

The minute you think you're greater than the music, you're finished

I tattooed my body so I couldn't fall back on anything. I purposely did that so I couldn't get a normal job and live a normal life. I did it so I had to play music.