Quotes About Commitment

I practice my saxophone three hours a day. I'm not saying I'm particularly special, but if you do something three hours a day for forty years, you get pretty good at it.

You've got to learn your instrument. Then, you practice, practice, practice. And then, when you finally get up there on the bandstand, forget all that and just wail.

I love to make music, I love to get tattoos...That's just what I love. If I wasn't getting paid I'd still do it.

I don't pay attention to sales because it's not about that for me. It's about the music. Music is all I have.

I was meant to be a composer and will be I'm sure. Don't ask me to try to forget this unpleasant thing and go play football - please.

When I started DJ'ing, it was no big thing. There was no money in DJ'ing, and you did it purely for the love of playing music.

If something happened where I couldnt write music anymore, it would kill me. Its not just a job. Its not just a hobby. Its why I get up in the morning.

Retire? Not on your life. I have no plans to stop singing. What are you going to do when you love music? It's a terrible disease. You can't stop. Of course, I'd like to get off the road.

If you don't live it, you don't believe it.

I know it sounds corny, but when you follow your dreams, it happens. And if it's music, take it seriously.

Music kept me sane. I love music too much. I'm too passionate about music to let anything or anyone come in between me and my love.

Making music is a lifestyle; go to the studio and sit in front of your computer, drum machine or guitar for 10 hours a day. The good stuff will come.

As long as you've got your horn in your mouth, you're developing.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

You know why I quit playing ballads? Cause I love playing ballads.

What are you going to do when you love music? You can't stop.

If you find a note tonight that sounds good, play the same damn note every night!

I didn't study music. I literally lived it.

If this company is about anything, it's about discipline and staying focused.