If I could, I would not do anything else. I’d just be in the studio for my whole life. I would never go to parties, events, and red carpets. I would rather just be in the studio for the whole time. I don’t even care. Nobody has to know what I look like. I just want to make music.

Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it.

The first real thought that I had of something that I might do was to write for car magazines, because I always had a car thing.

Even though I’m known as a pop musician, I have a seriousness about what I do.

I had a rough childhood coming up, and I just took all that negative energy and made it very positive for myself to drive me. I’m a very driven person. I have passion that almost scares people, just to be successful and make it no matter what.

I couldn’t go to college, so I went to the library three days a week for 10 years.

I want to go and go, and then drop dead in the middle of something I’m loving to do. And if that doesn’t happen, if I wind up sitting in a wheelchair, at least I’ll have my high heels on.

An artist or a creative person of any kind goes about their work because it’s their path, it’s what excites them, it’s what aligns their soul with who they truly are, who they showed up to be.

Fine art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart of man go together.

Tell me I have to be somewhere, and I’ll be there 20 minutes early and stay there longer than anybody else. You hold up a lot of people if you’re not on time.

Music is my shining light, my favorite thing in the world. T get me to stop doing it for one second would be difficult!

Sometimes in the past when I played something might make me lose focus, or I would go home after a game where I thought I could have played better and I would let it hang over my head for a long time when it shouldn’t.

In hip-hop, there’s not a lot of love. There’s not a lot of love being spread. It’s always like ‚I’m stuntin‘ on you raps, or I’m better than you raps.‘ It’s not a lot of ‚Yo man, I idolize you raps.‘

Basically, I’m one of the greatest producers ever. And I’m also one of the greatest DJs ever. And I’m also one of the best executives ever.

What I like to do is try to make a difference with the work I do.

As a producer, as a CEO of Hartbeat Productions, I am making deals to put my company in place to win, to put my staff to work so that while all this stuff is going on, they’re in the kitchen cooking. So it’s understanding the longevity of the entertainment business; you get out of it what you put into it.

People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.

Nearly all the synth work on Heathen is mine and some of the piano.

My job is to play quarterback, and I’m going to do that the best way I know how, because I owe that to my teammates regardless of who is out there on the field with me.

Writing makes you feel that there is a reason to go on living. If I couldn’t write, I would stop breathing.

I enjoy being involved in making the artwork for albums and stupid stuff like that.

I’m an expert typist. I learned in high school. I would close my eyes and just type without worrying about mistakes. I tried to penetrate my heart, and as I let my thoughts drift, things bubbled up to the surface.

It seems like when I was growing up there was more compromise, wanting to work with each other, and I think all of them – all of the lawmakers – have hearts to do what’s right, and they all are passionate about it.

At some point in time, you definitely have to go drama. Not to say that you’re going drama just because everybody else does it. You do it to challenge yourself. You do it because, naturally, in the profession of acting, you want to show growth. You want to say that you take the craft seriously.

Super-envious of the fact that Daft Punk can wear robot helmets and be one of the most famous bands in the world, while also understanding that will never be my situation.

Hip-hop saved my life, man. It’s the only thing I’ve ever been even decent at. I don’t know how to do anything else.

What is success? I think it is a mixture of having a flair for the thing that you are doing; knowing that it is not enough, that you have got to have hard work and a certain sense of purpose.

The effect of music on fashion has been immense, especially hip-hop and urban music.

When I stop working the rest of the day is posthumous. I’m only really alive when I’m writing.

If anyone remembers me, it’s about my hard work.

I was always interested – I mean, it’s kind of part of your job – I was always interested in the camera.

A lot of people tell me a lot of things about my conduct, my game, my future… but I try to stay away from their words of wisdom. I don’t let it distract me. On the field, you will be facing the ball alone. If you fail, you will the only one to blame. So, you should be the one deciding for yourself.

I get really motivated when I put on the India jersey. It is a responsibility, so I want to perform in the best way I can.

I know I’m talented, but I wasn’t put here to sing. I was put here to be a wife and a mom and look after my family. I love what I do, but it’s not where it begins and ends.

Die to everything of yesterday so that your mind is always fresh, always young, innocent, full of vigor and passion.

It’s the philosophies of being an athlete that carry me today.

I could care less about the particular. I like to make music.

I’m a writer first and a singer second.

I feel it’s my job to continue being a student of music if I want to continue being an artist and a producer of other artists. You have to keep filling your mind with other music. You have to be ahead of the curve.

No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his well-being, to risk his body, to risk his life, in a great cause.

Nashville is my home, and the reason why I get to do what I love.

I’ve never met a genius. A genius to me is someone who does well at something he hates. Anybody can do well at something he loves – it’s just a question of finding the subject.

I’ve dreamed about doing music since I was three or four years old.

Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have. Make the Now the primary focus of your life.

I love making music. That’s what I love to do. So I don’t feel like there’s any need to take a break unless I want to.

I’m committed to the fight game.

All things will be produced in superior quantity and quality, and with greater ease, when each man works at a single occupation, in accordance with his natural gifts, and at the right moment, without meddling with anything else.

Never neglect details. When everyone’s mind is dulled or distracted the leader must be doubly vigilant.

I have worked hard since my childhood and worked as a labourer. I put my mind and heart into it.

Skill is the unified force of experience, intellect and passion in their operation.

The way to know life is to love many things.

I like having my hands in the clay. I like the movie-making process.

I’ve always believed that success for anyone is all about drive, dedication, and desire, but for me, it’s also been about confidence and faith.

Acting is just a way of making a living, the family is life.

Not bragging by any means, but I could have done a lot of other stuff as far as working in films go and working in television… I had chances to do that stuff, but I like baseball, I really do.

The day I think I’m not enjoying the game and contributing the way I would like to, I’ll hang up my boots.

The book that convinced me I wanted to be a writer was ‚Crime and Punishment‘. I put the thing down after reading it in a fever over two or three days… I said, ‚If this is what a book can be, then that is what I want to do.‘

Rock music is niche.

Passion for fame: A passion which is the instinct of all great souls.

I wanted very much to learn to draw, for a reason that I kept to myself: I wanted to convey an emotion I have about the beauty of the world.

Michael Jordan changed so much in basketball, he took his power to make a difference. It’s so much going on in music right now and somebody has to make a difference.