Passion Quotes

I'd rather die while I'm living than live while I'm dead.

And, we have no such thing as a budget anymore. Our manager freaks when we show him the bill. We're lavish to the bone, but all our money goes back into the product.

I just like having fun. It's a very good release, rock music, but you know you say that I am a different person on stage and that same thing could be said of anyone going out to do his job. It's my work, and I'm very serious about it, getting it right - when we began, we approached it the way we did because we were not prepared to be out-of-work musicians, ever. We said either take it on as a serious commodity or don't do it at all.

We've gone overboard on every Queen album. But that's Queen.

The most important thing is to live a fabulous life. As long as it's fabulous I don't care how long it is.

I like to enjoy myself and what better way to do it than on stage in front of 300,000 people?

I just want to write songs in my little corner. And I still love music, I've not been worn down by cynicism.

Since day one, since the first time I touched the pen, I wanted to be the best at what I do.

My passion is bringing storylines around and constructing a full body of work rather than just a 16-bar verse.

Nothing is as important as passion. No matter what you want to do with your life, be passionate.

The world doesn't need any more gray. On the other hand, we can't get enough color. Mediocrity is nobody's goal and perfection shouldn't be either. We'll never be perfect. But remember these three P's: Passion + Persistence = Possibility.

Passion, not pedigree, will win in the end.

For me, living and making music, they're one thing. It's not like a job that I go to a studio to do, or a chore that I have to get myself in the mood to do, or something. It's the thing that I need to do every day.

Don't leave this world without giving it your all.

There's nothing as glamorous to me as a record store.

Nobody likes to fail. I want to succeed in everything I do, which isn't much. But the things that I'm really passionate about, if I fail at those, if I'm not successful, what do I have?

I don't know how to function without music. When I'm not making it, I'm listening to it. It gives me courage and takes care of my mind.

The first time I knew what I wanted to do with my life was when I was about four years old. I was listening to an old Victrola, playing a railroad song...I thought that was the most wonderful, amazing thing...That you could take this piece of wax and music would come out of that box. From that day on, I wanted to sing on the radio.

I'm kind of hooked to the game of art and literature; my heroes are artists and writers.

Fame is a by-product. It's not a goal. What matters is loving your work and loving what you do.