Bruce Hornsby Quotes

No one else has ever opened doors for me. I opened them myself.

What a child can do in cooperation today, he can do alone tomorrow.

My primary lesson, however, was that I'm a solo writer, happiest when I'm making all the executive decisions. I've always been willing to rise or fall on my own merits.

I like being independent; I like doing things myself. I'm an instinctual person.

If I am comfortable doing work in a certain way, then I will do it my way with conviction.

I have never been worried about the future. I will always be able to drive my own feet.

You have to figure out ways to do things on your own. I do my own thing, and I don't pay much attention to what anyone else is doing.

I think it is important to let your kids have independence and ownership. Let your kids do what they have a passion for.

I always knew that I would have to make it on my own somehow.

It's funny, everything is so much easier when you do it yourself.

The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone.

Very few artists are as independent as I am mentally, physically, spiritually and technically. I sit in my home studio and record things by myself. I don't need to get anybody's approval or validation.

There's always a lot of talk about motivation to race, but nobody really knows what I do or what I think apart from myself, so I don't really care what people think.

I don't make demands. I don't tell you how it should be. I'll give you options, and it's up to you to select or throw 'em away. That should be the headline: If you're insecure, don't call.

The spirit of self-help is the root of all genuine growth in the individual.

I don't have any influences, any heroes, it's just me.

My kids learned to be independent.

I've always been my own hitting coach.

He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody.

Strong people don't need strong leaders.

It's a waste of energy to think about what somebody else is doing and how they doing it. I'ma just do what I do.

Do not rely completely on any other human being, however dear. We meet all life's greatest tests alone.

I'm Thalia on my own.

I was determined if I was going to become a superstar it would be on my terms. I've had that ethic since the beginning.

My life is proof that I don't need you to do what I do. If there's no one to see it, I'll watch it.