Quotes About Dedication

I cant retire from music any more than I can retire from my liver. Youd have to remove the music from me surgically—like you were taking out my appendix.

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.

When I heard Elvis Presley, then I knew I had to do music. Music is my god, and is the only love that has never left me. It has always been there and is my best friend.

Music gave me something to do in my life.

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

Music has always been a huge part of my life and when I was a kid I was always throwing myself into whatever I could music-related - even if it was a little embarrassing!

When someone pursues music through your music, that's the greatest accolade anybody can get.

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

Country music fans are extremely passionate and loyal. It seems that country artists have longer-lasting careers because the fans stick with the artists through thick and thin.

Virtually every writer I know would rather be a musician.

I really, really enjoy music and that's why I do what I do.

I've been playing music most of my life.

I try to put the same spirit into that that I put into any other music endeavor I'm involved in.

If you love writing or making music or blogging or any sort of performing art, then do it. Do it with everything you've got. Just don't plan on using it as a shortcut to making a living.

I think the legacy I'll leave on music is just an artist that went out here and gave 100%.

Take Bach or Schubert: Their music was dedicated to God but filled and shaped their worldly lives. If you are a committed atheist, you lean back and miss all the richness of that history.

For me, songwriting is something that I have to do ritually. I don't just wait for inspiration; I try to write a little bit every day.

Thankfully I have a fan base that wants to see me, so I really enjoy creating music that is different.

All one's feeling goes into practicing exercises, many of which are set to music. Therefore, somehow dancing with boyfriends doesn't attract me.

It takes a lot of money to make music and get it to people. It takes a lot of time to make a record sound good.

I love making music and I'm falling in love with making records, so it's like having two girlfriends. But I can handle it.

Music is my passion - it's what I love and it's in my blood. You can never take me away from my work.

I want to make music. That means I prefer the Steinway piano.

For Westlife, the music will never stop as long as our fans are around inspiring us to keep on making beautiful music together.