Megan Hilty Quotes

I have to write and play. If I became an electrician tomorrow, I'd still come home at night and write songs.

I'm not very good at time off. I'm happier when I'm working. It's something to do with not knowing what the next job is, so you appreciate it while it's there. I thrive on it, actually. But now I do it to please myself.

If I wasn't performing, I wasn't alive. That's the truth. My parents had absolutely no interest in the business, but they knew it made me happy, so they said 'Go for it, girl!'

I can't really stop doing the music because it really feeds me.

I always have this imagination, something I want to use. I don't understand the idea of leisure time.

I never quite understood these actors - though I envy them sometimes - who can lie out for a year or two. I feel as though time is a real pressing issue, and I want to get as much work done in the time that I have left.

My father was clearly a mentor. He told me if you work 10 years and you worked 40 hours a week, then you had 10 years experience. But if you worked 10 years and you worked 60 hours a week, then you had 15 years' experience.

I really love learning and working long hours.

Over the last four years, I've made a habit of coming into my office in the morning and just getting to work.

I like to have a sense of accomplishment through work. I'm busy golfing and attending activities, but I think of holding a meeting as playing golf. I think my approach is very good. I don't feel I lose a lot of fun things in life even though I am busy all day.

I'm conscious that there's only a limited amount that I'll get done before I get shuffled into retirement, but I certainly have no desire to retire.

I have a crazy work ethic. I'll do 20 songs a day. I love music that much.

I have to stay positive and try to find time to do what I want to do while working at the same time.

I'll work as long as I can. I'm happy with my life.

I've played so many gigs in front of around seven people. It's difficult to keep motivated, but it's all about growth. The love of music kept me going.

I feel like I do my best work under fear of being fired.

Yes, I go a little bit crazy when I'm not working, which is an issue for me. My background is you go to work; that's what you do.

I take commissions because I know I'll have to get up early in the morning and work.

I don't get paid by the hour; I go out there and get it done and get out. That's the way I want it to be.

Every day I'm not working or writing is a wasted day to me.

You know how you have that one thing you would do even if you're not getting paid to do it? That's what writing music is for me.

I was always first in, last out, but not inefficiently.

We work not only to produce, but to give value to time.

I'm getting so slow at my work it makes me despair, but... I'm increasingly obsessed by the need to render what I experience, and I'm praying that I'll have a few more good years left to me.

I started writing because I had a need inside of me to create something that was not there