Quotes About Opportunity

Sometimes I think life is just a rodeo, the trick is to ride and make it to the bell.

The best decision I ever made, period, was to get into the music business.

There's a lot of money in doing score music. You can get a chance to get nominated for an Oscar.

When Punk Rock happened, it created an opening in the culture... it made it ok to think you could play music, even though you had no musical training.

Music saved my life. The voice you hear, the soul, the pain, is that of a person who deeply, deeply, deeply appreciates the opportunity they've been given.

If you want to make money in music, get into the band uniform business.

What's the point of getting up in the morning unless you're gonna have an adventure? As the moments of our life are ticking away you have to be aware that it needs to be an adventure

We are like violins. We can be used as doorstops, or we can make music.

New York City is a notoriously hard market to perform country music in.

Music gave me something to do in my life.

Put you energy into music. If it fails you, you can become an accountant or a dentist. And then if you become a dentist or an accountant, it's too late to become a musician afterwards.

I think I'll give them another chance. Americans deserve another chance with my music.

It's pretty cool to see how far music can take you.

It's important to give kids an opportunity to see what the world is about, and music is a fantastic friend.

I don't think I'm ready for New York.

We were always going to dump him when we found a decent drummer.

People thought me a bit strange at first; a blond haired, blue-eyed Norwegian who sang Mexican folk songs, but I used it to my advantage and got a job. And so the music became my ticket to education.

I call 'Community' the best day job in the world, because between takes, I get to write music. I get to write sketches. I get to write movies. It's the best job ever.

It was unlikely that anyone had ever heard a black person sing country music.

Music should be an integral part of one's life, but how one is able to access it or use it as a career vehicle will always remain in question.

When I was 17 years old, I was in the music business.

As rich as Cincinnati was in live music, New York was even more.

Madonna is interesting. She changed music. She definitely did. She gave me an opportunity that no one else would give me, so I am very grateful to her.

There were no guarantees that country music, whose roots were in the South, were ready for Charley Pride.