Quotes About Commitment

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

I would have hated to been locked into music for the last 20 years and not been able to have a family.

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.

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

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.

If I'd had good discipline, I might have gone into music.

I feel like I've reached a point where music has become just as much a priority to me as my acting, and I'm glad to feel that way.

If I were to agree to write the music for your beautiful poem, it would tie your poem up for some years as I have agreements and obligations which I must respect.

If I'm going to make music for the streets or the clubs or whatever, I go at it with 110 percent.

When it comes down to music, I have no balance. I am 100 percent. It is like full throttle. Five hundred miles an hour.

Nobody starts a band to make friends; you do it because of the music.

I am a musician. My passion for music has obliterated everything in its path for my entire life.