Arturo O'Farrill Quotes

I just want to play shows and write songs and make music. That's what feels good.

I just have this real love and connection with what I'm doing when I play music.

I can't imagine life without singing.

We wouldn't last a year on the road playing music that we didn't love.

I fell in love with the piano. I knew it was me. I was dying to play.

I think I've found a purpose in acting; it's something I truly love and truly enjoy. It makes me happy. It makes me understand more about life, in front of the camera, than what I'm living beyond the camera.

I love what I do. I love playing music.

With all the movies and stuff that we do, it always does feel like this is our home base when Nat and I are playing music. Because we do acting, and that's so fun, and we do it, and we're really passionate for it, but when I'm playing music with Nat - I don't know how to really explain it - it just feels right.

I think what defines our band is really that, you know, we're just living our dream and making records that we love and having a good time.

Music is everything to me, and I'm most grateful that it's all working out.

If you’re doing something you love with people you love in a place you love, you are going to create something of value to the world.

Choosing a job or business is the same thing. I'm not the best one to advise someone how to make billions of dollars; I don't know how to do that. But what I do know is how to create something that you love, and once you do that, you will have success. You just will because you'll love working on it, and anything truly authentic, the universe blesses.

The only advice my Dad's given me is: If you ain't having fun, it ain' working, so always have fun with what you're doing. If you don't love it then there's no reason to do it. And don't do it for fame or money- do it because it's something that you feel is right.

When I started off in music, I started with a real innocence, a real love for the instrument, the writing the songs, the playing the songs and the sharing and the recording and experimenting. It was exciting. Then, this thing called success came, and something happened at some point where I became disenchanted, and I lost the innocence.

Music is something that I have to do on a regular basis. It really is my life and I absolutely love it. It's a part of my day-to-day. So if I had to choose, it would be music. But I love acting too.

If one uses music that one does not really love, then one will not succeed in making it one's own.

I love to sing and perform. It is what I do and love. It completes my life.

Music is what I breathe, what I love to do. It keeps me alive.

I'm of the opinion that as a DJ you must always play what you love and ignore what's 'trendy' because true passion always eclipses what's fashionable. Quality is always fashionable.

If I hadn't been a singer, I might have been a photographer or an artist. But it's singing I love. I sing all the time, and I feel really good that I've expressed myself.

I carry on singing because I love it. The closer you are to the end, the more you understand how important it is.

The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.

But, you know, I'd be happy just making music.

I do music for the love of it, and I've been doing it from a very young age: about 11.

I've always known that I love directing but I was really aware of it while making 'Beginners.' I am my happiest when I'm on set directing. I am also my kindest. When the actors get in front of the camera, it makes them very vulnerable. I am so in love with them for trying so hard.