In pop music, the public usually see the results – the hit records, the Grammy Awards performances, the concert tours – but not all the work that goes into getting into the spotlight. And not everyone realizes that, even if you have a lot of talent, chances are you won’t make it.

By perseverance the snail reached the ark.

Too many people measure how successful they are by how much money they make or the people that they associate with. In my opinion, true success should be measured by how happy you are.

I made that first record in 2008, alongside the EP, but my label at the time waited three years to release it. They thought maybe someone bigger would buy it, but they didn’t, so in the end they just released it themselves.

I’m not the sort of person who gives up on things. The first time we crossed the Atlantic in the balloon, it crashed, and we went on and did the Pacific. First time we crossed the Atlantic in a boat, it sank, and we went on and got the record. So, generally speaking, we will pick ourselves up, brush ourselves down, and carry on.

If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.

Fame can take interesting men and thrust mediocrity upon them.

Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.

I went through a lot of battles in high school.

You know, T can stand for anything. T stand for working hard. T stand for loving thy neighbor. T stand for feeding the hungry. T stand for just working, working, working, being happy on the set, you know, lifting everybody’s spirits. T stands for just a nice guy.

I am very happy playing and showing off my talent on the cricket field and have no plans to enter Bollywood.

The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.

I was doing sold-out shows before I got radio play.

I do my job like I breathe.

I’m trying to do what Eddie Murphy did for his generation. You have to show people, ‚I’m different. I’m not just a comedian.‘ I’m trying to become a rock star.

I wasn’t born a natural entrepreneur. I had to be trained.

I do not know anyone who has got to the top without hard work. That is the recipe. It will not always get you to the top, but should get you pretty near.

If you read enough biography and history, you learn how people have dealt successfully or unsuccessfully with similar situations or patterns in the past. It doesn’t give you a template of answers, but it does help you refine the questions you have to ask yourself.

A man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself.

I’m never gonna step away from stand-up. I can’t. That’s what got me where I am, and that’s also my muse. That’s how I stay level-headed. That’s what keeps me going.

If you want a love message to be heard, it has got to be sent out. To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it.

I think the first thing you should know is that nobody in country music ‚made it‘ the same way. It’s all different. There’s no blueprint for success, and sometimes you just have to work at it.

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.

Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.

We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.

I can understand how some people might resent me for having the audacity to continue playing music, but it’d take a lot more than that to stop me from doing it. I started Foo Fighters because I didn’t want to retreat.

Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude.

Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.

Ambition has one heel nailed in well, though she stretch her fingers to touch the heavens.

Happiness is a how; not a what. A talent, not an object.

I would say the most satisfying thing actually is watching my three children each pick up on their own interests and work many more hours per week than most people that have jobs at trying to intelligently give away that money in fields that they particularly care about.

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.

The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential… these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.

For success of any mission, it is necessary to have creative leadership. Creative leadership is vital for government, non-governmental organisations as well as for industries.

We have a big appetite for putting people down but, at the heart of everyone, there’s enough room for all of us to succeed.

The leading rule for the lawyer, as for the man of every calling, is diligence.

Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me.

A revolution is not a bed of roses.

I believe God, Jesus, died that we not just go to Heaven but that we excel in this life. I never think you make money your goal… God wants you to excel. Just keep Him in first place, and God will open up doors you never dreamed of.

So many writers don’t like to write… I like to write, and sometimes I’m afraid I like it too much, because when I get into work, I don’t want to leave it. And as a result, I’ll go for days and days and days without leaving my house.

How great are the dangers I face to win a good name in Athens.

Whoever is winning at the moment will always seem to be invincible.

You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over.

With drive and a bit of talent, you can move mountains. I know. I’ve done it.

In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in your youth, a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that, be a snob.

I think as long as I do a good job and put in all my effort to proving that I’m worth it, then everything should be fine.

Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.

Time and the hour run through the roughest day.

Nothing will work unless you do.

You know, I’m just 6’9 and 260. And just so happen to be very good at playing the game of basketball.“

One man cannot practice many arts with success.

I will seize fate by the throat; it shall certainly never wholly overcome me.

The Lord gets his best soldiers out of the highlands of affliction.

One thing Britons have always been celebrated for, and that is being able to stick it out in a tight place.

It isn’t the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it’s the pebble in your shoe.

If you want to achieve something, you build the basis for it.

Well, I wouldn’t say that I was in the great class, but I had a great time while I was trying to be great.

Children’s talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives.

We can all be successful and make money, but when we die, that ends. But when you are significant is when you help other people be successful. That lasts many a lifetime.

The imminent demise of the large record companies as gatekeepers of the world’s popular music is a good thing, for the most part.

Competition has been shown to be useful up to a certain point and no further, but cooperation, which is the thing we must strive for today, begins where competition leaves off.