L.A. Reid Quotes

Madonna had to break through; I knew she was going to make it big, because I could see how ambitious she was, in a very genuine and sweet way.

A man without passion is only a latent force, only a possibility, like a stone waiting for the blow from the iron to give forth sparks.

Life motivates me.

There's just something inside of me that wakes me up every day and pushes me and wants me to be great.

We have our own reasons for what's motivating us right now.

If people just want to be famous, that's just not enough to get you up at 4 in the morning to go to work. You have to love what you're doing.

I don't know what drives me, I don't have a clue, but I'm driven more today than I ever have been.

Desperation is a necessary ingredient to learning anything, or creating anything. Period. If you ain't desperate at some point, you ain't interesting.

I have to be a star like another man has to breathe.

Will is the dynamic soul-force.

Ambition is sneered at by some bands. It seems like a pretty good thing to me.

Before I was on 'Idol,' I just sat at home and played video games all day long. Now I get to travel and work towards my dream. It's the best feeling ever.

I had this dream, and I really wanted to be a star. And I was almost a monster in the way that I was really fearless with my ambitions.

Make sure your desire to do what you're aspiring to do is deeper than just fame and being a celebrity.

The fire in the belly is essential, otherwise you become Michael Buble - famous and meaningless.

The first tape I got was Madonna's 'Immaculate Collection.' I'm inspired by the way she started from nothing and didn't have a big musical talent, but had a big dream.

I've got something to live for, because I always wanted to be an artist; I always wanted to be famous.

Study with desire is real activity; without desire it is but the semblance and mockery of activity.

I have an ounce of Lady Gaga's full-bodied ambition.

Burning desire to be or do something gives us staying power - a reason to get up every morning or to pick ourselves up and start in again after a disappointment.

Our passion is our strength.

When you catch a glimpse of your potential, that's when passion is born.

You have to be a bastard to make it, and that's a fact. And the Beatles are the biggest bastards on earth.

There's a drive in me that won't allow me to do certain things that are easy.

I was always obsessed with being famous. I had Marilyn Monroe paper dolls as a child, and I was always obsessed with her. I've just been really driven in that direction, and none of my friends were. So, I don't know what put that bug in me at a young age.