Quotes About Purpose

I don't feel like God called me to be a gospel singer. He didn't call me to be a Christian singer; he called me to be a country singer, and I just happen to be a Christian.

There was a period of time when I first moved to Nashville, like the first couple of years, that I was just simply lost. I didn't know who I was; I didn't know really what I was doing here. I was meant to be a singer, but I just felt lost. That's when I went on the search for my birth family.

And, you know, I never wanted to be a singer.

All I ever want to do is what I am: a singer.

I feel like this: When you call me in to do something with you, you must want me to do soul-singing. Because you know I'm a soul singer. Don't ask me to come in and rap. And don't ask me to come in and sing pop.

People ask me for advice. And the best advice I can give aspiring singers is to know in your heart this is your calling and there's nothing else you'd rather do.

I think, generally, I just cannot really envision life without writing and producing records and singing.

I'm not in it for the money. I like music. I love to write music. I can't imagine myself not playing or singing or writing. It would just drive me crazy if I didn't.

I know nothing other than singing and I feel blessed.

I think there's something nice about singing for a kind of particular purpose.

I'm single, I'm looking for something meaningful.

There is among us a far closer relationship than the purely social one of a fraternal organization because we are bound together not only by a single interest but by a common goal. To win. Nothing else matters, and nothing else will do.

My entire life is a single body of work.

I actually don't have a single regret, professionally or domestically. I planned it that way.

I've said that if you're not doing something that you're passionate about, you're compromising yourself every single day.

I wouldn't change what I do for the world - every single day, I'm lucky to be doing what I'm doing.

I need to just give - everything that I do, every single day - my all. I just need to. Life is short. We have one life to live. And I need to be able to push for my kid.

I now have to find a reason to write, every single day.

Life is about, every single day, getting up to manifest your truth.

I believe God gave me talent to play this game, and I'd be sacrificing those gifts if I didn't give my best every single day.

I think as I've gotten older, I've realized the more important details. Yes, you're going to make money. Yes, you're going to do all these other things, but playing the game that you love every single day, that's the most important thing to me.

I've always been a little bit cautious about what projects I step into. I don't mean to be dramatic, but I feel that every single thing you do in life, you give a piece of your soul, and I want to be responsible with that.

For me, cooking is practical. That's the core of an engineer. Engineers are very practical designers and creative people. Every single thing I create has to have a purpose.

A mob is not, as is so often said, mindless. A mob is single-minded.