Glenn Tipton Quotes

I'm just trying to do things that are interesting for me.

I'll always take an artistic endeavor over a career move.

It hasn't always been easy, but you get to a point where you're not doing the solo stuff with any kind of expectation in terms of commercial or a business outcome, you're doing it because you believe in this.

I have never done films to prove a point to anyone; I have done them for myself.

Lord of the Rings made me realize that I'm not interested in doing anyone else's work.

I want to live all aspects of my life, not just acting.

If you're following your dreams, you're doing something you love and that you believe in yourself for.

I like to work on records when I feel inspired, not because it's expected of me.

I act because I have to, because I need to find out whether I can do it or not - that's what drives me and excites me and lights me up.

I do love being solo because I can have more of my own creative input to every aspect of my career.

I, in the end, make art for myself.

Some stuff I don't even put out. I'll just be home, happy, creating something for myself, and then ball it up and throw it in the trash. It's less about trying to prove something or get on somebody's list or make a fan happy or make a hater mad or convert a non-believer. That's not the case for me anymore.

Acting is not my primary drive in life, although I'd be a very unhealthy person without it.

Even if a kid doesn't go into acting or the arts like I did, some kids need that environment to find themselves and find what they love to do.

I'm not always the first person to run out and see something I'm in. I don't know; for me, that's not why I did it. I did it because I wanted to act. I don't really think about the end result. I don't feel like I have to see it - for me, it already happened.

I'm solo, and I love being solo. I believe I went through the Roses so I could become a solo music-maker. That's what I believe.

I'm just going to keep trying to write music for me because that's what got me here.

There's no path to success. Everyone constructs their own path. The important thing is to follow your heart. Find your niche, is my best advice.

The rule I stand by as an artist is definitely be yourself, and don't make music just for other people: make it for you first.

I want to follow my path.

My work is trying to at least define myself on my own terms, and then if other people enjoy things that's a lovely addition.

Life is too short to be living somebody else's dream.

I say that virtue is really all about enjoying yourself, living fully; but of course it is far from obvious what living fully actually means.

I advise women to live their life to their fullest, invest in who you want to be and live it well.

I just like to do work that inspires me, and I don't pay any attention to whether it's a high- or low-budget movie.