Quotes About Struggle

I doubt myself for sure. Sometimes it gets that bad when you can't find a rhythm.

I struggle with playing low minutes and trying to keep a rhythm. I've just never been able to do it.

You can lose confidence when you're not in the rhythm.

It's the rich you can terrorize. The poor have nothing to lose.

My mother was against me being an artist. She just wanted me to marry a rich man.

We didn't grow up rich people.

Richard Fliehr does not make any money.

I went through some tough years when I first moved to Los Angeles, and 'The Riches' was my first major success.

I would say I am one of those guys who teams are looking for a reason to get rid of most of the time.

She divorced me August 10 of 2000, but she never was able to completely get rid of me. Don't ask me why.

It's been a roller-coaster ride. But I haven't been diving this well for a while.

People have this fantasy that it's all just an easy ride if you know someone important. Well, it's not. I've known lots of people in this business - and it hasn't really done anything for me.

Out of 35 pictures I made, 30 were ridiculous.

I started writing serious books so late because I knew I'd be accused of riding on my father's coattails.

For me, the fun part is riffs, and making the riffs is what I... that's my world. I'm born for that. And when it comes to lyrics, it's an agonizing process.

The criminal justice system is rigged against African Americans.

When things don't go right, people are always trying to protect themselves.

I've actually done bands where it was my band and it was never fun and it wasn't the right place for me and, whatever, it felt weird.

I mean, I try to say the right things and give the right advice. But still, I'm only a person.

You have to go out there and fight as hard as you can. You have to go out there and work as hard as you can and do the right things. Then you go out there and perform and either it's good enough or it's not.

The right way is not necessarily the easy one.

I was going nine times a week. You get to a point where you don't really know who you are. You're running on high octane, and you'll take all comers in every arena because there was no police. Every arena, you'd take on everybody that would come in the ring.

I want a voice. I want people to know who I am and hear my story. I want people to see me get in the ring and give it everything I have, even though I come from a broken home.

I was kind of a weird kid in high school. I didn't have many friends in my age group because all they wanted to do was fight and have riots.