Wayne Static Quotes

When I started out in 1960, I thought it might possibly last a couple of years. I never expected it to last 42. I take great satisfaction in that longevity.

To be still standing 20 years in this business is a great feeling, I can't even tell you.

I never thought I'd be able to say 25 years about anything, really, much less be a recording artist for 25 years.

I must be doing something right. I've been around for a long time.

It just proves that I've been here for a long time and, I guess, have done the right things over the years.

To be somebody you must last.

A minute's success pays the failure of years.

It has been extraordinary, wonderful, I've been three feet off the ground since I made that first record.

I been getting good crowds. It only took 50 years.

I definitely got to a point where I realize how unusual it is to be able to play large, sold-out shows 30 years into a rock and roll career. I don't take it for granted.

Obviously, we've proved a lot of skeptics, who thought we'd be gone after a record or two, wrong.

Obviously 1,500 is a lot of hits, but I've got to keep going.

It's the only way you're able to play as long as I have, is to go out there and perform.

The key factor in my strategy is longevity.

Patience and persistence are vital qualities in the ultimate successful accomplishment of any worthwhile endeavor.

In the entertainment business, the biggest gift you could ever get is not an Oscar, it's not a Grammy, it's longevity.

We still haven't played Madison Square Garden. That's a benchmark. Something will have gone seriously wrong if we don't play Madison Square Garden for this album.

Nobody's going to sell 10 million records by not working hard.

I climbed Mount Everest. I don't quit.

Every great work, every big accomplishment, has been brought into manifestation through holding to the vision, and often just before the big achievement, comes apparent failure and discouragement.

I'm very proud this show has been accepted for this length of time.

Victory belongs to the most persevering.

Bands don't last. Bands don't last forever - it's a rarity when they do.

I want to work for a long, long time and keep growing in my work, and if I am very lucky and very blessed, maybe somewhere along the line there will be one movie in there that becomes a classic.

I just felt it was my job to show that there is no easy way to success, and that anyone who gets even just one Top 40 hit deserves their moment in the sun. I accentuate the positive and eliminate the negative. That is the timeless thing.