Jonas Akerlund Quotes

I have six jobs.

I'll take as much work as I can get. You can always need more work.

I loved playing and I was actually working two jobs.

My family were really hard-working, blue-collar people, and I didn't know the idea or concept of working and having fun. I thought you just worked and made money to support your family.

I don't want to sound like Catherine Cookson but I've worked since I was eight, with a paper round and in a fruit and veg shop. Taking a pay cut won't demotivate me, not at all. It's not about money in the first place. It's about the job.

The reward of labour is life. Is that not enough?

My life is very much consumed with work.

Ever since I started my career, I have been busy with four to five releases a year. I enjoy being busy.

I don't have to justify myself. I work a lot and I earn a lot.

I just got a lot of expectations and pressure on me, but it is what it is. I've got the best job in the world, I work two or three hours a day and get paid handsomely for it.

I love this... being busy and working every day.

I knew that I always wanted to work even after I got married.

I definitely appreciate the value of money, hard work and having a career.

I wish Americans thought more like Europeans when it comes to money and work. They take time off, they do what they love. We think work is the most valued commodity. Really the most valued commodity is time.

I'm not in the type of work where you should rest.

Anyone can relate to struggle, whether you're European or Asian. Anyone can relate to having to get up and go to work and eat.

It's easy for the thought-leader and executive classes to embrace a 'do what you love and love what you do' philosophy when they are wealthy enough to work hard only voluntarily, and when their jobs grant them status.

I'm trying to reestablish my career and do great work and give my kids the life they deserve.

My dream life is just to go back to my job full-time. And be with my family. You know, regular dreams, common dreams that everyone has.

I have worked all my life, wanted to work all my life, needed to work all my life.

Work is both my living and my pleasure.

When I had a full-time job, I really wasn't that busy, but now I'm really busy. I guess that's a good thing.

I have not cared for money, and I enjoy working. Money comes my way. People work hard so they get enough money. Or they work hard so they don't have to work hard later in life. But though I don't need money, I still work hard because I like what I am doing.

I was working all the time I was in college. I was working so much that I could hardly do my college work.

I didn't care about being the 'star.' I just wanted to make a living and have a consistent career.