Amos Lee Quotes

You do have to continue, as you grow as a human, checking in and going, 'Is this what I want? Am I giving away things that I don't want? Who am I and what do I want to keep doing?'

The only thing that mattered was what you were to do in life, and it wasn't about money. It was about teaching, or learning.

For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: 'If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?' And whenever the answer has been 'No' for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.

It's not to late to... ask yourself if you really are the person you want to be, and if not, who you do want to be.

I just turned 30 so I got really introspective as you do, questioning my life. And when I stopped and sort of looked back at the past decade, I realized I had done more work than I thought I had done.

I have to be self-conscious of what I'm trying to do with my life.

The simplest questions are the most profound. Where were you born? Where is your home? Where are you going? What are you doing? Think about these once in a while and watch your answers change.

I'm starting to think about my life, thinking about where I'm going to be in three years time: who I'm going to be with, where I'm going to be situated myself.

I think everybody at some point - especially if they've been working their whole lives - should take time out and think about what they've done.

I auditioned in Chicago for Juilliard and didn't get in. I was basically living in a back room of my parents' house, paying rent and not doing anything with my life. I'd like to say it was patriotic to join the Marines, but it was also that I was doing nothing honorable with my life and spending too much time at McDonald's.

Not sure of my place in the world (still up for debate) and not sure what I wanted to do with my life (not really up for debate).

A lot of people are simply interested in exploring their own spirituality, their own values, who they are, whether they're happy where they are.

There is more to life than a job. I didn't ever want to look back and point to a bookshelf of videotapes and say, 'That's been my life.' It's so much easier to write a resume than it is to craft a spirit.

Every ten years a man should give himself a good kick in the pants.

The unexamined life is not worth living.

Life is a succession of crises and moments when we have to rediscover who we are and what we really want.

I never had the chance to consider what or how I wanted to be.

I want to live my life so that my nights are not full of regrets.

I went through a lot of occupations. I was questioning my contribution to the world.

There's really nothing else I'm going to do with my life. I'd be useless if I weren't singing or acting.

Tell me about yourself - your struggles, your dreams, your telephone number.

I think I value things more correctly. I hope I look at my life in a way that makes sense.

Things change when you get to 40. I'm embarrassed even that I'm going through it. In a very morbid way, at 40 you become aware of how long you've been on Earth and you start to question what you're going to use the remaining time doing.

If we can't look at the good, bad and ugly of who we are, we are never going to progress as people - ever.

I'm living the exact life I planned on living when I was five. My life has taken some turns and changes that I didn't anticipate, and it has brought me different things. I thought material things would bring me happiness, which they didn't. But through this, I have learned what things are important and what aren't.