Brenda Ueland Quotes

Even if nobody cared, I'm still gonna make music.

I've always been rapping before I was making money off of it. Before I made a profit, I had always been rapping.

But if you really love to write and you really love to tell stories and you really love to draw, you just have to keep doing it no matter what anybody says.

The unspoken factor is love. The reason I can work so hard at my writing is that it's not work for me.

To me the question is always this: if a ray of light came out of the sky and said, "Your next book will never be published - would you still write it?" If the answer is yes, the book is worth writing.

I don't know any musician, successful or otherwise, that got in it to make money. Or writer, for that matter. You get into it because you love it.

The movie business can be very frustrating and very circuitous; there's no straight path. You have to have tremendous perseverance, dedication and passion. You have to want it very, very badly and you have to deal with a lot of rejection.

My siblings and I were raised to be very hardworking and to find something that we're passionate in, and to be able to turn that into work - I'm lucky to be able to say that I've done that.

Love what you do, not the love you get for doing it.

Success follows doing what you want to do. There is no other way to be successful.

I think I made this decision that I just loved making music, and it didn't matter what level I got to do it on, and 'Fight Song' was this declaration that I'm going to keep going, and I'm going to keep believing in myself, even if it seems like it's impossible.

I think the key is basically just your determination. As far an artist is concerned, it's just about your drive and your dream.

I kept on writing and illustrating, for this is what I did well because I loved it.

Writing is hard work; it's also the best job I've ever had.

Music is a hobby, because I'm not making any money out of it, but I put just as much conviction into that as I do into my acting.

I've spent my life pursing excellence as an artist, which is what I always wanted to do anyhow.

Get into a line that you will find to be a deep personal interest, something you really enjoy spending twelve to fifteen hours a day working at, and the rest of the time thinking about.

As a dancer, I'd dance with broken toes. Just like acting, you compete with yourself and drive forward. That discipline helped in Hollywood.

Some days I would be there at ten in the morning and wouldn't leave till ten at night, and the others would waltz in for a couple of hours and then leave, because I was doing that painting thing. And they were happy to see that being done.

You have to love the doing of what you're doing and not wait for the phone to ring.

Teachers believe they have a gift for giving; it drives them with the same irrepressible drive that drives others to create a work of art or a market or a building.

I love to win. But probably equal to that - I love doing what I do.

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

I sing because I love singing. I perform because I love performing. I write because I actually enjoy writing.

My skating is a very emotional thing that comes from the heart, never doing it for the medal.