Quotes About Dedication

I've been singing since I was two. Music was my first passion and I love writing, singing, creating and being creative.

Being good isn't just about being dextrous and being flash. Being good is about being an all-round contributor in the great world of music.

Me, I've concentrated on music pretty much to the exclusion of other things.

90% of every art form is garbage - dance and stand-up, painting and music. Focus on the 10% that's good, suck it up, and drive on.

I'm happy to write 10 times too much music.

Country fans are the best fans out there because of the loyalty, and the way that they apply your music to every aspect of their life.

I wanted to be great. And I loved Nashville, so that made it easy. I loved the music business. It made it easy for me to stay and make a life here.

Any band that is out there chasing it is doing more destruction to music then someone who is out there playing what they truly feel.

I learnt that music cost something, and that's a good thing. Also, that I should exercise, because I didn't and I got very sick.

The key is always the actual art itself, the actual music. There are all these myths out here that like, if you do this little trick, if you use this little strategy, it'll do it for you.

I gave up my music because I had received from it all I had to receive. To serve God one must sacrifice the dearest thing, and I sacrificed my music, the dearest thing to me.

Music should never be a job. It should be your hopes, your dreams and everything you believe in.

When you can write music that endures, bravo. Until then, keep quiet and study the work of those who can.

He felt as if he were paying for the privilege of music with portions of his life and body. But it was well worth it.

The music is first and foremost everything - no egos, no attitude, nothing - it's about the music.

I compulsively reach for perfection in music, often at the expense of everything else in my life.

I loved the guitar, and I had all of this music in my head. My passion for the guitar and the ideas for what I could create musically were equal. So that's where I was.

I just try to do as good job with the material as I can and play some jazz as well, some improvised music, and do that every night. Just see where it goes.

Even from a listening end now, I'm still completely a fan of music.

I'd like to become better at writing music by continuing to study it.

My music is rock. I listen to Red Hot Chili Peppers and I listen to one of my songs, and if I don't give you the same emotion, then I go back and re-spit.

As long as there are people trying to play music in a sincere way, there will be Jazz.

Music will always be my greatest passion.

I love doing the music. I love programming beats and kind of working on the music as much, if not more, than the actual rapping.