To Be Quotes
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What one remembers is, I think, a clue to what one wants to be.
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In order to be better, you should expect to be better.
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If you want to be an artist, you have to know that art is an ongoing practice, that you're part of a long line. Take this test: if someone offered you a billion dollars, but you could never draw another illustration or write another word, would you take it? If you reject it, you need to find another way to pay the bills, but you're still an artist.
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You can be innocent again. It's not true, what they say, that you can never get it back. You can. It's only that most folk cannot be bothered.
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It sounds like a cliche but there are no shorts cuts. You have to be very dedicated and challenge yourself everyday to be better.
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Even though I smoke, just because I'm a dumbass doesn't mean anyone else has to be.
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Hold yourself on your own. A man's job in a romantic dynamic is not to be your butler, bank account or your father.
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You got to be real with yourself and not just let yourself pass on things that tend to become a bad habit. Make sure you stay on top of practicing well and preparing the way you always do.
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Never say that your life is to be a singer. You want to sing because it's a part of your life. But if you don't succeed as a singer, it doesn't mean you don't have a life and it's over.
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I don't like lying around on the beach. I like to be busy.
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Two weeks after having Bandit I was in a recording studio. I hadnt yet really fully understood what being a dad was and, man, I was exhausted. But she is 17 months now. Shes running, shes been running for a long time. Shes inspired me a great deal for the record. She even goes Wow Daddy! when I play to her.
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(I was) just running around, not trying to push it too much, ... Just wanted to make sure I get through the day healthy. That's what I'm shooting for right now. I feel close to where I want to be. Not there yet, but close to where I want to be.
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[On men:] I'm torn between wanting to have one and wanting to be one.
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At some point, you just have to choose. And then be brave enough to stand up to the people who think you made the wrong choice.
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What we desire is not to possess a woman, but to be the only one to possess her.
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They say don't believe your own hype, but if you don't why would anyone else? To be great you have to believe you can do great things.
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You don't need anyone else's approval to be happy.
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Wherever you stand, be the Soul of that place.
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You want to be the one that people piclk up the paper in the morning to see what you say.
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He loved but he did not know how to be loved.