Tom Scholz Quotes

And being away and not performing for a long time and really connecting with my audience for a long time, I have a great responsibility to myself and to them to do it exactly the way the process was when I was young.

If I find myself just not feeling like writing songs anymore, I think I'll drop it. There's enough bad, insincere music out there. I don't need to contribute to that.

I wasn't interested in writing music that wasn't beautiful for me to listen to.

I've worked with very few directors who've asked of me what I asked of myself.

It is not the money but the self-respect and wanting to create good music.

I always felt like there was a certain standard of music that I had to do from the beginning, even when I didn't have the recognition that I have now.

I think that from day one, when it became clear that 'Wicked' was going to have a life, that we have set a standard for ourselves that we are never going to shortchange the audience; that every person that we put into that musical is going to be held to the highest standards; and that nobody is going to be coasting.

Pressure is there with any release of mine. It's more my own, as I need to surpass my own expectations.

I don't sing songs on albums that I don't like.

It's hard when people are expecting things from you, and all you're trying to do is write songs that you like for yourself.

I've always said that I would only ever release something that I would want to listen to as a fan.

When it comes to batting, I have a lot of expectations from myself.

As an actor, I can't be constantly worrying about the commercial returns of my film.

Anytime someone expects something from me, I expect about five times more from myself.

I can't do the terrible mistake of thinking audiences are dumb and will accept anything I do. I want to be cautious about my choices.

I'm going to put a lot of expectations on myself.

I feel like I put pressure on myself to perform well and to play well and to do well. That's what I expect of myself. It's not always going to happen, but I can certainly sort of put myself in the position where I can get the best out of myself.

I know that I'm carrying a bit of a weight on my shoulders of what I do represents more than just myself as a director. I wish that wasn't true, but it is. It makes me think about doing work that I believe in and that I believe I can do well, probably even a hair more than I would otherwise.

I can only show what I have received from the characters. That's what's scary because you're never going to be everyone's taste and you don't want to let people down. But, I can only do what I can do.

Normally, if I don't qualify as well as I think I can, I seem to carry a little chip on my shoulder for the race, and that normally helps me out.

When you're working in service to a big project, there's always the question of, 'Is there total freedom to do what I think is right artistically, or is this a job?' It's okay for things to be a job. I'm perfectly comfortable working. I don't need to sit around and quench whatever personal artistic thirst I have at all times.

I think the only expectation is that I put on myself to do everything right and to put myself in a position to perform as best that I can.

With my work in 'Mardaani' being well-received, I am more aware than ever that I have to keep the game up. I don't want to disappoint myself as an actor first and let my audience down.

If I'm at my best, I feel I must win gold all the time.

When you get above the line, you're above the line. So my thing is I just want to make music where I am always above that line.