Chet Atkins Quotes

There are a lot of people who dream of overnight success, of being Brad Pitt getting discovered for 'Thelma and Louise,' but that doesn't always happen. I represent that stick-to-it-ness that it takes to build a career over time, guest spot by guest spot. Looking back from here, I wouldn't have wanted the journey to go any other way.

Success was overnight, but it was a very long night.

Things that look like an 'overnight success' typically are not.

Nobody just said, 'Here, be a star!' I've joked many times that I was a seven-year overnight success.

Overnight successes are generally years in the making. And most progress is made in isolation, far from the public eye.

I'm very impatient, so I was like, 'I want to be able to do whatever I want now.' But even the biggest stars - you look back and they weren't overnight.

People say we were an overnight success. It took us a year to be an overnight success.

I worked half my life to be an overnight success, and still it took me by surprise.

I was 40 years old before I became an overnight success, and I'd been publishing for 20 years.

It's so funny looking back, but my so-called overnight success actually took 15 years. I remember when I didn't have any money, and my only car was mom's Hyundai.

I've been playing music for over 20 years now. I started playing when I was 14 years old. To everyone who has said I was an overnight success... where have you been the last 20 years?

It takes 20 years to make an overnight success.

Actually, I'm an overnight success, but it took twenty years.

It took several years of hard work in small roles before I attained stardom.

There's no such thing as an overnight success. It took me a long to get there.

Everyone else trains just as hard as well and that there really is no such a thing as overnight success.

Everyone's like, 'overnight sensation.' It's not overnight. It's years of hard work.

I'm what is known as a 40-year overnight success.

There's no such thing as an overnight success.

There's a randomness, even if you're talented. This is a very unforgiving industry that puts you through the ringer. It is not easy by any means, but it's one of those things that if you have the patience, the perspective, and the talent, it can really take off.

Nothing came to me overnight unlike many others in the industry.

I'm young, but I've been doing this a long time... There's obviously a lot of hard work that goes into it. It's a hard town. There's a lot of talent here. It's all about timing, too. I just feel like I finally found the right town and the right song.

I always said the whole time all I was waiting for was an opportunity and a chance to get my foot in the door.

It's a combination of how much efforts you put in, how much you're working on a daily basis on your goals and it also has to do with a bit of luck. It's difficult but you've to be very patient. The main thing is perseverance.

Our "overnight" success took 1,000 days.