Quotes about "Success & Achievement"

In an age of incompetence, I've been able to last in this crazy business. I actually know how to play my ax and write a song. That's my job. ”

When I started out, everyone seemed to be adopting these names... Johnny Rotten, Sid Vicious. I wasn't really Rotten or Vicious or Nasty, so I wanted something a bit more funny - yet something that seemed real rock 'n' roll... something that acknowledged my ambition. ”

I think if you stop learning, there's not much point, and so I always hope to be challenged. That's the beauty of this job. ”

I feel like I'm a professional storyteller, really. A lot of people say 'a truth teller,' and, if the writing supports it, that's what your aim is: to try and present people with a series of truths, and then they can make up their mind about those and whether they have any real credence or weight. ”

My mum is a theatrical person. I saw a tape of a theatre project she did when I was a kid. I was really affected by the idea that my mum could turn herself into someone else for the purpose of telling a story. ”

Some people spend their lives building ultimate dream homes so they can enjoy their twilight years... Others spend their last days in nursing homes. ”

When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost. ”

We're a diverse society, and I think the TV is doing a great job in showing that we're all human beings, that we can all get along, that we can all be together, and I think that's a marvelous thing. ”

It is great seeing the fruits of your labor. The joy I have in watching my daughters with their kids is great, because they're doing a wonderful job, and the kids are fantastic. ”

My dad had two, sometimes three jobs. Besides running the Commodore Music Shop in Manhattan, he did jazz concerts, and he ran this great jazz label, Commodore. ”