Dimebag Darrell Quotes

Passion is one great force that unleashes creativity, because if you're passionate about something, then you're more willing to take risks.

If I can't put my heart and soul into a film, I don't take it up.

Art, it seems to me, doesn't need freedom so much as it needs courage and love - some would call it 'soul' or 'Eros.'

Creativity is a natural extension of our enthusiasm.

Art is about imagination. When you look at a picture from Salvador Dali, that's about imagination. When you look at Picasso, that's about imagination. Doing stuff from your heart.

It's hard to make music when you're not excited about it. So trying new things and going for new things is something that I can enjoy doing.

You can't ever create defensively. You just have to create the next thing that really speaks to you.

A lot of what has pushed me forward is desire, and I have expressed that in my songwriting - perhaps because it's safer!

I always felt there was some kind of nobility centered in my desire and passion for what I do.

You must be willing to risk everything to really express it all.

Anything that I write comes from the soul.

If you've got a guitar and a lot of soul, just bang something out and mean it. You're the superstar.

Passion is in all great searches and is necessary to all creative endeavors.

Enthusiasm is that secret and harmonious spirit which hovers over the production of genius.

You need fear to create, to live.

I know my choices will be creative so long as I follow my heart.

My secret? A desire to work, years of dedication and loving what you do; I can't live without music.

Only passions, great passions can elevate the soul to great things.

Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion.

I think if people are passionate about something, it could be real estate or biochemistry, and that spark gets turned on in them, everyone's beautiful in that zone.

When I sing, I think mostly about the music. But I know that, through singing, my body shows everything that I am. I am a very passionate man and I suffer a lot and have a lot of joy also. In my opinion, it is very important for me to find this stimulus and motivation for singing.

For his heart was in his work, and the heart giveth grace unto every art.

If you truly dig what you are doing, if you lay it out that way, nobody can not respond. That's what rock and roll is; it's relentless.

I don't think you can measure your love or your passion for whatever you're working on.

Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm.