Vonda Shepard Quotes

I'm not looking for a paycheck.

You got to like your work. You have got to like what you are doing, you have got to be doing something worthwhile so you can like it - because it is worthwhile, that it makes a difference, don't you see?

We don't live by just sleeping and eating. We need pride and dignity in our lives. Work gives you that.

Working is living to me.

If you're not enjoying your work, what's the point?

It shouldn't just be about money. It should be about loving what you do.

Work is life. Work is opportunity.

It's great when people appreciate your work, but I don't know how seriously to take it. The amazing thing is that I found something so early that I can support myself doing, and that can even be extremely lucrative, but I love it either way.

A job is something we do to get a paycheck and pay our bills. Jobs are legitimate, at times, but work is why we are here in the universe. Work and calling often go together.

It's annoying to sit at home and not go to work. But I feel it's better to wait and do something that will be seen and appreciated.

Never find yourself bored at work.

I want more job. I want to die entertaining.

I would pay to do what I do if I had to.

When you're young, you don't think about your career or your future - you perform because you love it.

I can see my work as a job. I do it for money. I likely already look forward to the weekend on Thursdays. And I probably will need a hobby as a leveling mechanism. In a career, I'm definitely more engaged. But at the same time, there will be periods when I think, 'Is all that really hard work really worth my while?'

There has to be something in every role that interests you.

When you love what you do, you're happy just doing it!

The things women find rewarding about work are, by and large, the same things that men find rewarding and include both the inherent nature of the work and the social relationships.

Maybe it sounds like I'm splitting hairs here but I don't wanna perform for a living, I wanna live for a living.

The supreme accomplishment is to blur the line between work and play.

I want to be challenged, I want to work, and I want to feel that I am not being held back, that there is something in front of me, something more inspiring than... just eating breakfast, you know?

I don't see the point in working just to be working.

What you want is the opportunity to work and an audience. Prizes after that are just a great big bonus.

If the work is going well and it's something that has value with some meaning to it, it gives back a lot.

When you do something that you like, and you think you can keep doing it, you don't think about retiring.