Jason Newsted Quotes

I would look at older blues musicians who just keep going into their seventies. They keep doing it until they drop dead. And I've always felt like that's what I want to do. I've felt that since the day I was able to start playing music for a living. I don't see the point of thinking about retiring because it's not work to begin with.

The artists who stand out to me have a passion for what they do. There are a lot of people who can sing. It's just like when you go to church and people are singing because it sounds good, not because it feels good. There's a difference.

And as long as people want to hear me sing, I don't know why I'd retire.

If you love something - and there are things that I love - you do want more and more and more of it, but that's not the way to produce good work.

I love my fans, I love my music - I have no reason to retire.

You do stand-up because you have to do it. If you're doing it to become 'famous,' you're wrong. If you're doing it to become a millionaire, you're doing it for the wrong reasons. In 2003, I was flat broke. I'd been doing stand-up for 14 years at that point. I loved it and just kept at it.

I've put in 63 years now in the big leagues as a player, coach, manager. And now just being around these young guys, it keeps you going pretty good.

Since I'm not good at anything else, I hope I can keep singing for a long time.

I still don't know if I'm good enough or if it's a calling or a vocation or something, but the talent part is out. My desire to do it is undoubted. I just love doing this.

I'm doing what I do for the right reasons. I love the music that I make.

You're not going to do good work if you're not choosing something because it inspires you.

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.

Work infuses my whole life. My creative life is my real life, so it's hard to separate.

Even though acting is my job, I do this because I love it, and when the love is gone, I'm not going to do it anymore.

Most importantly, I don't do music for people to want to be a singer, actor, or dancer. I do it because I love it and I want to show others you can accomplish goals.

I'm really hoping to find something that I feel as connected with as I did with 'The Florida Project.' I want to feel that passionate about things that I work on. I don't want to just act to act.

My first dream was probably to become a dancer, but then I became a singer, and that's also a dream of mine, and I get to do it every day, so I'm living it.

Man, failure was not an option whatsoever, 'cause I'm here to play music - that's what I've been put on earth for.

You can do films for the fun of it, or the thrill of it, but certain films you can't do unless there's something driving you, something you have a passion for that will pull you through.

As long as I feel the love of the game and my health is good, I'm going to play. I don't want to be one of these guys who stays too long or regrets leaving early. Football has been great to me.

When you're doing what you love, it's not exhausting at all, actually. It's completely empowering and exhilarating.

I haven't made anything I don't believe in. I've always started a movie with a song in my heart, and even when I'm a little unclear about it, something magical happens and it comes into focus in a way that I'm feeling good about.

I'm a musician. It's what I do! I wouldn't be too good at anything else.

You want to do good things, and once you've done a couple of good things in a row, you think 'Well gee, let's not mess this up.' But I am lucky at this point that I have something I really love to do, and it completely holds my attention. I never feel frustrated by it.

I don't want to do anything that I'm not passionate about.