Tom Peters Quotes

I think energy is the most important thing that we can give to people as performers. Anything else is a little bit pretentious. But energy is not.

One must be convinced to convince, to have enthusiasm to stimulate the others.

I think that's the main thing - when people watch TV and they can see that you're truly passionate about what you do, they can see it. They know it. And that's what they're drawn to.

When we get on stage, naturally, you just get out there and work it as hard as you humanly possibly can do it.

Even when I do commercials, I try to tell a story about the product. With music, I try to tell the story of the person's struggle for success. And I believe every word I say. I never read anything on the air I don't believe in. I think people sense that about me, and they respond to it.

What convinces is conviction. Believe in the argument you're advancing. If you don't you're as good as dead. The other person will sense that something isn't there, and no chain of reasoning, no matter how logical or elegant or brilliant, will win your case for you.

I only take causes or write about things that I am passionate about, and I do it with a certain flair and a sort of wink and a nod.

I would say if you want to write, write what you care about. I think that's the most important thing. I think if you write what you care about, you stand a better chance of having the reader care about your story.

Write about what you care about. If you do that, you're probably going to do your best writing, reach off the page and touch the reader. How are you going to make the reader care if you don't care yourself?

I can be pretty persuasive if I believe in something strongly enough.

When he speaks to you he speaks with an earnest vibe and an earnest energy.

If it's something that reaches out and grabs me, I want to do it. I have a lot of trouble doing things that don't grab me. So, I'm not a very good actor in that way. I can't fake it.

If you tell stories you love, you will never tell them with indifference - take it to the bank.

That which fires youth, generally rings true.

You can often tell the difference between a singer that grows up in the church and one that just can sing. There's a connection to love and support and care. You feel good when you hear it. You feel the people have so much conviction in what they're singing. They believe it, so you believe it.

I go on stage for hours, and I like to give it my all.

I have to have the 'umph.' I've got to feel it, because if it's not getting through to me, the audience sure as hell aren't going to feel it either.

If people see that you're passionate about what you're creating, they're going to enjoy it.

If you want to give a show, make it real, and people will listen to you more carefully.

If you don't believe in what you're doing, if you don't feel comfortable, or you're not meaning what you're saying, no matter if you love it or not - you can still connect with a song, but if you don't, I feel like people can easily sniff that out.

I'm quite good at talking about things I care about.

A crowd's a crowd, and to me, it's not so much about the size as much it is the energy we're getting.

I am always excited to be an actor. If I wasn't, I would be acting, and the audience wouldn't watch me.

If people are anything but enthusiastic about the information or ideas that they're sharing, they're either not that invested in what they're doing - or they're not communicating that investment effectively.

The only thing that works with writing is that you care so passionately about it yourself, that you make someone else care passionately about it.