Glen Campbell Quotes

I always feel like I want to do my career my own way.

Being self-made means doing things your own way - and doing it without any handouts.

I can't run my career based on someone else's ideology.

I don't have a boss. I don't answer to anybody. I do everything that I want to do out of the purity of making people happy.

I'm not embarrassed to say I want to be successful, but only on my terms.

I knew I always wanted to be my own boss. My mum would say I've been my own boss since primary school. It was probably always my destiny.

As her mother, I am always there, but Alia knows what she wants both professionally and personally.

In the past there were two things that motivated me then: independence, and passion about what I was doing. And those are still the things that motivate me now. I still have that passion for creating a product. And I will never be dependent on a man. I will never be dependent on a husband or a boyfriend or a father. That's one thing that's really important to me.

I never wanted to be a trophy wife. I wanted to make it on my own. I didn't want to depend on a man.

Lord of the Rings made me realize that I'm not interested in doing anyone else's work.

I skate just to satisfy my own desire and not care about other people's desire for me to do well.

Even though I wasn't sure I could make it as an indie, almost immediately I felt as if a weight had been lifted off me. To be as independent as I am and to be able to support myself is incredibly satisfying. Everything I want to do myself, I can.

I don't have to do anything for anyone else's benefit anymore. I just want to exceed my own expectations.

I was well motivated. What I wanted to do was work for myself. I had twenty two jobs before I started my business at the age of twenty three and I didn't want one more boss telling me what to do. So I was motivated simply because I didn't want a boss.

Writing is only the frosting on my cake. I'm whole without it.

I am truly independently owned and operated.

Freelancers are 'free' because they take risks - they don't like being told what to do. That's both exciting and daunting, because you have to police you.

It's hard for me to work for somebody else. I can work with someone, but not for someone.

I don't think the Hollywood community is interested in what I can do. That's all right. I've never looked for a job in my life, and I'm not going to start now. I have plenty to keep me busy.

I didn't want to be that artist that is successful as a result of someone else. Not that that's wrong, but I felt like I had what it took. I really believed I could do it on my own, so I wanted to try, at least.

I think that initial independence is very important; that's what being an entrepreneur is all about.

I like my life alone.

I've always been a workhorse, and I've been supporting myself since I was 15.

I'm not jealous of anybody, because I'm going to live my life the way I want to live it. I'm not going to be like, 'Oh my God they have this, I want that.'

I had difficulty working for other people.