Cole Swindell Quotes

I have one piece of advice for those of you who want to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award: Start early!

It just proves that I've been here for a long time and, I guess, have done the right things over the years.

I want to work for a long, long time and keep growing in my work, and if I am very lucky and very blessed, maybe somewhere along the line there will be one movie in there that becomes a classic.

I just would like to keep going. If I kept getting the kind of work that I've been getting for the last 20 years for the next 20, I'd be a bloody Dame of the British Empire. I'd be so happy.

I been getting good crowds. It only took 50 years.

I don't think about that. I wasn't a kid growing up saying one day I'll get an Oscar and make a speech. That wasn't on my mind. So what I do is the best work I can do.

My goal was never to be famous, but to be a consistently working actor.

I'd rather stay out of the limelight until I've done something I feel proud of.

I overhaul myself for my roles. Sooner or later, I will get my due.

If you want to be a rock star or just be famous, then run down the street naked, you'll make the news or something. But if you want music to be your livelihood, then play, play, play and play! And eventually you'll get to where you want to be.

Once you've been doing anything for twenty-five years people start to notice you.

Shirley Maclaine once said that she didn't want to be a big star, just a long star. That's what I want too.

What I relish most is when a member of my staff, who has worked with passion and patience towards achieving their dream of owning a restaurant, walks up to me and says, 'Nobu! I have done it!'

You really have to love the work. You can't look for stardom. That's a by-product.

My overnight success was really 15 years in the making. I'd been writing songs since I was 6 and playing in bands and performing since I was 14.

I'm not going to give up doing interesting things. I'm going to do it as long as I possibly can and hopefully have longevity in this business.

I definitely got to a point where I realize how unusual it is to be able to play large, sold-out shows 30 years into a rock and roll career. I don't take it for granted.

I had a long, long time to make 'Rubberband,' and I originally thought that that record would last two years. Once I got over realizing that that's not gonna happen, and sort of got my perspective back, I realized, 'Man I'm really fortunate. I get to write music, make music for a living.'

Fame isn't happiness, but success and being respected in your craft is worth fighting for. You've got to work hard to be noticed.

When I took up cricket seriously, I wanted to play for India. When my dream was achieved, I thought what next? Then a fellow cricketer told me, 'Playing for India is easy; playing for 10-15 years is difficult.' Then I changed my dream to play 100 Test matches. I achieved that as well. Now there is nothing to achieve, so I am just enjoying things.

I never thought I'd be able to say 25 years about anything, really, much less be a recording artist for 25 years.

I want to win trophies and contribute as much as I can.

I can say Rookie of the Year is what I want to do.

I have struggled hard to attain this fame.

I want to stay for a long time and leave a mark so the young generation can aspire to be at the top like me. I love the sport, and that's what drives me.