Quotes About Motivation

Also, I am driven by a wonderful muse called alimony.

Being able to hear someone say, 'I found an incredible job on The Muse,' or 'It gave me courage to make a career change,' that's the motivating factor.

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.

A lot of my writer friends - some of whom are brilliant - work when the Muse calls them, for lack of a better description. You know, days of nothing, then this creative burst where they write for 36 hours straight fueled by caffeine and idealism.

The Bruce Lee Action Museum will represent action in the sense that the word is not just used to mean action in the martial arts or films. It is really meant to be a much broader definition as far as taking action, my father's belief of self-actualization.

Good Punjabi music before a match pumps me up. It gives me a kick.

My entry level has always been pretty high in the music business.

I became a music director because I never saw my father get the success he deserved.

When I am doing a music video, I am so motivated that even if I have to act for music, I end up doing it.

I've done a lot of musical theatre, but I equate 'Mr. Cinders' a lot with why I became an actor.

I'm lyrically driven, I'm not musically driven.

You can't help but have ideas when you're inspired musically.

I love musicals, and I grew up with them, but the first time I thought I could really do this was when I saw 'In the Heights.'

I like to make films, but the only reason I do is because I'm a very bad musician.

It is jazz music that called me to be a musician and I have always sang the songs that moved me the most.

I became a musician so I wouldn't have to get up at 6 in the morning.

I always thought that I was an important musician. If you don't have that confidence, why would you go on and do it?

I sometimes listen to music to get into some place that I need to get. I don't think it's because I have a musician as a father that I do this - most actors do.

What motivates me is just to do a really, really good job at something. If I were a better musician, I probably would've ended up as one.

I am constantly being told that I have been a big influence for many people, including other musicians.

I'm all about inspiring young musicians to get out there and express themselves through music.

One thing I've learned, and I don't really blame anybody for this: most people who have a lot of money are the people that want to make money more than anyone. I've seen it with athletes, I've seen it with musicians, you know?

There's nothing wrong with becoming a role model, nothing wrong with inspiring people to become musicians, to become actors.

I got a lot of inspiration and encouragement from my friend and ultra-runner Scott Jurek.