Graham Nash Quotes

In football, you can't always play well, and sometimes there will be criticism. Sometimes when I get a lot, it helps me. It makes me work even harder to improve and make the critics a little more positive.

Everybody is going to have their critics. It's easy to get discouraged in life.

You can't listen to every little thing that's bad or good said about you. I always used that - whenever I heard it, I used it as fuel to motivate me, man. That's how I was raised, whenever I came up.

I had people telling me how much I sucked and how bad my music was, but I didn't allow that to discourage me to the point where I didn't want to do music anymore.

I've got the public. I don't care about the critics. I did at one time. I don't any more. I did when I needed compliments. But if you get a lot of compliments, you don't need a critic to tell you, 'This should be done another way.'

I can easily ignore my detractors and feel the people who respond favorably.

Some people have a tendency to get knocked down in this business and sulk and whine, and they just create a rod for their back, really. You have to have broad shoulders and get through it.

You are never really prepared for criticism.

All my life people have said that I wasn't going to make it.

My parents never discouraged me. There were a couple times when my dad criticized a couple things that I did, but it was nothing. So through the bad shows, I never wanted to quit.

No matter what happens, you're always going to have those critics and those haters. You just have to learn how to deal with that. I think I have and accept that.

Every time somebody calls me out or tries to start something, it's motivation.

When I started acting, I was told over and over again, 'You're no good.' But I said to myself, 'You've got to keep it up.'

There's always going to be someone out there who doesn't like what you do, doesn't like your style, your face. That's part of life. But I feed off that. I don't think I'd be where I am today if it wasn't for that. It puts a little fire in the belly, keeps me going so I can prove so many people wrong.

You get to a point where it's like you can't really do anything right, and people will pick on you for whatever decisions you make, so I just try and take no notice and get on with my music.

When people push back on you and don't think you can do it, and you struggle a little bit and wonder if they're right, it drives you to be successful and to be a great player.

People criticising does spur you on. You are always going to get critics.

There's been so many times when I've heard people not pulling for me. So I just play and try not to think about it.

I think it's the same for everyone in any walk of life - if people put you down, you want to prove a point.

When people talk trash about me and doubt me, I just use it as motivation.

You learn from any criticism. You learn from any self-criticism. And you learn from when you do things the right way: you try to keep going.

I have dealt with criticism from my first drama, and I think that is a part of our profession. It brings me down but definitely pushes me to do better.

I don't take any notice of negative stuff said on social media. If anything it spurs me on more.

A lot of people didn't believe in me.

Never take your critics lightly. You must always try to win them over by your hard work. Don't brush them off.