Gunther Schuller Quotes

If you're making something you're passionate about, it's not going to feel like work.

I don't do what I do to get nominated. I do what I do because I love it.

Basically, what it comes down to is I love what I do. I don't do it for fame. I don't do it for money. I just love it.

I never consider what I do as work. It has been fun. It's been rewarding and very fulfilling.

If you get anything creative going, then the work and play thing is the same thing, I feel.

When you're young, you don't think about your career or your future - you perform because you love it.

Just do what you like to do, and do it all the time.

People want to be creatively satisfied, and having fun is such an important part of that.

Passion is the thing that sustains you in acting. If you're doing it for fame and money, don't even bother because it will never happen. The last thing I ever expected was to be paid for this.

The way to stay inspired and motivated is by doing what you like, doing what you love.

Life obliges me to do something, so I paint.

I've done all this stuff because it's fun. It's never been about fame.

You need great passion, because everything you do with great pleasure, you do well.

The best part of one's life is the working part, the creative part. Believe me, I love to succeed... However, the real spiritual and emotional excitement is in the doing.

I just keep on playing what I love.

I am very fortunate to be doing something I completely love, so it is certainly not hard to get motivated. Watching people sing along and put their hands in the air is a very powerful thing. I'm 63, but I don't feel it. I feel like I'm in my 40s. I enjoy life.

I couldn't do anything I didn't enjoy.

I only do this because I'm having fun. The day I stop having fun, I'll just walk away.

It's all about trying to find those projects where you get to enjoy yourself, because I think that's when you create as well: when you're genuinely excited about something. Then you're not just doing it because it's your job.

I've never done this from a standpoint of, 'I want to be famous.' I sing because I love singing. I perform because I love performing.

When you have fun doing something, it stops being work, really.

You create content because you love it, not necessarily because you're looking for fame or know what it will potentially lead to.

There was never any strain, because it becomes a strain only if you don't love what you are doing. I loved every moment of making these films.

To be able to inspire somebody just by doing something that you love, just by creating your art, is something that's very near and dear to my heart.

It's music. It's supposed to be fun and inspirational. You have to be inspired. If I did it because it was my 'job,' and I only did it to make money, I don't think I'd still be doing it.