Joe Cocker Quotes

I don't want to spend the rest of my life giving speeches.

I'm constantly thinking about what I'll do next. I never count on music being a career of longevity. I mean, longevity is key, and I hope that it lasts, but you just don't know, because it's not in your hands, you don't make the decision.

I just don't want to be rapping forever. I love it, but sometimes you got goals for yourself.

Prancing around on stage is not the entire purpose of my life.

Now I am ready to set new goals and start a new career for myself outside of the ring.

I had a project for my life which involved 10 years of wandering, then some years of medical studies and, if any time was left, the great adventure of physics.

I always thought I'd be a coach, but I'm still open to everything.

I'm one hundred percent into my life, and into my fighting career. This is who I want to be in the future - as a mother - and if I'm going to leave the sport, I leave the sport. When I finish with fighting, I'm done.

I have so many things that I want to do with my life. I just don't see myself being a fighter forever. Boxing is my love and passion. It also opens up and sets up other things in my life as well.

Our inner image of ourselves and what we want to accomplish in life makes us become what we were meant to be.

Pursue whatever it is that you want to do with your life. It is the only secret to happiness that I know except for maybe true love, that and maybe having the amazing health insurance plan that our congressmen have.

If I had to guess what the future's going to look like for me - assuming it's not an orange jumpsuit in a hole - I think I'm going to alternate between tech and policy.

If anybody had shown me the paperwork for how my life was going to look in five years, I would have said, "No. That is not where I want to go."

I don't just want to catch some guy and have a bunch of kids. I want to make something of myself.

The key is to figure out what you want out of life, not what you want out of your career.

I don't think there is a role that I did twenty years ago that I couldn't do better now.

I have no idea what my limits are. I believe that if I set my mind to it, within the next fifteen years, I would be the President of the United States.

Be mindful of the link between present action and desired future outcome. Ask yourself: if I repeat today’s actions 365 times, will I be where I want to be in a year?

If anyone were to ask me what I want out of life I would say- the opportunity for doing something useful, for in no other way, I am convinced, can true happiness be attained.

A lot of times, when you start a show at a young age, you get stuck. You get six years of high school, but I didn't have that.

Now is the best time to start becoming the person we eventually want to be—not only 20 years from now but also for all eternity.

Think very carefully about what you want in life. Reckon with the risks.

I'm meeting a lot of musicians and people in the music business, and am constantly trying to figure out what I want to do with music. We'll see. I want to do everything.

When I'm on tour, I don't see these spots as much as I'd like. I'm just in, I perform, then I'm out. I hope to spend years sightseeing, then more years after that.