Walter Becker Quotes

I would say on a creative level I put a lot of pressure on myself.

Most of the pressure comes from myself, not from others. I don't need a manager or a pundit to put pressure on me. I do all that myself before others do it.

Anytime someone expects something from me, I expect about five times more from myself.

It's not me feeling pressure, it's just me putting pressure on myself if I don't do my best, and I know I can do better.

Even though I don't feel I need approval, it's still important to me to give a good performance. I'm hard on myself.

I'm my own most merciless critic onstage.

I put a lot of pressure on myself, more than anyone else.

I put more pressure on myself than anybody in this world.

The pressure is self-imposed because I always want to do excellent work, and I always want to be interesting to people watching me.

I put a lot of pressure on myself. I tell my wife when she's listening to my songs that the slightest hint of whether she likes it or not puts the pressure on me.

I have to play everything just perfectly. I can't take less of myself. I'm strong. I'm prepared.

The only pressure I experience is the pressure I put on myself. I demand a lot from myself.

No pressure on the outside is greater than the pressure I put on myself.

I think it's because I'm so hard on myself that I can push myself this far.

I'm very hard on myself. I think that drives me because I don't want to let people down or let myself down. That fear of failing drives me from being complacent.

I've always been hard on myself, so I expect so much out of myself that that pressure can be inspiring at time.

I'll never say it's good enough. It's a pressure I put on myself.

I put pressure on myself because I want to be the best player.

I've always put pressure on myself to perform well.

There's no one who puts more pressure on me than myself.

I've always been a guy to put pressure on myself.

Since I was little, I've always put a lot of pressure on myself.

I always think I put more pressure on myself than I feel from anywhere else.

The biggest pressure is what I put on myself.

It becomes more important to me as time goes on to make every album the best thing I've ever done, so it's a lot of self-imposed pressure that also kind of slows me down a bit.