Quotes About Dedication

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

I didn't know how well my first album had done; it was enough to get me to do the second album, which was a continuation of the music I'd worked on and perfected.

I just do what I do. I like to make music

If being an egomaniac means I believe in what I do and in my art or music, then in that respect you can call me that... I believe in what I do, and I'll say it.

If you date a musician, you're never, ever really gonna be first either. You're gonna be right behind the music and maybe right close.

I'm a fan of music, first and foremost. So I do things from the perspective of a fan.

I've never written one note or word of music simply because I think it will make money.

The music is everything to me.

Music is what I love to do, so you'll never have to worry about me not doing that.

I can almost always write music; at any hour of the twenty-four, if I put pencil to paper, music comes.

I've been focused for a long time. I've given my life to do music. I've sacrificed everything.

And so for a couple of years my life was divided between my music and my school books.

Music is my wife and acting is my girlfriend.

I'm a big fan of music, I'm a student of music, and I just wanna learn and keep enhancing my education about the music.

Music is so 100 percent for me that the idea of giving that up in any way, shape, or form would be terrifying to me.

Music is what I have to do, I only answer the questions so that I can do it.

If this is what you love and music is your passion, it's always ways to get through things and find ways to get around things.

I love to play music. So why endanger that with something like drugs?

I still have a lot of passion for music, but I would quit it tomorrow if that's what my family needed me to do. I'm sure I'd miss it, but it's a job.

I got involved with classical music when I was in high school and it's followed me throughout my entire life and probably had a profound effect on my life.

People who have memorized your songs-how can you not love them?

But what I think my emphasis is, is on the fact that I like music a lot.

One has to commit their life to music and not expect to get famous or rich doing it.

I'm playin' music for a certain type of person. Fortunately, there are more and more of us. At least there are more comin' to see me than there were 30 years ago or so.