Jim Capaldi Quotes

My parents offered me the idea of ceilinglessness. There was no limit in terms of what was possible; no messages sent to me to say that I couldn't do anything.

Life has no limitations, except the ones you make.

I want to be able to do anything. I know it's probably not reasonable to expect, but that's what I'd like to do.

There was no freer soul in the world than me at age nine.

The connection I make with being young and growing up is, like, the feeling of not being crushed by the world. Having an idea, thinking you can do it.

I always felt that anything is possible.

I love to come to L.A. because it's one of the most inspiring places because there are no rules.

I want to be able to do any and everything. I don't want to be limited.

When you're getting to do what you want to do, you just assume you're going to hit a point where someone is like, 'No, you can't do that.' Strangely, that never happened.

I never really set any time goals. I think that puts a limit on yourself.

That's what I feel like my music represents - having no limits or restrictions.

I often wonder if I had the complete freedom to not have to write, if I would write. That's the one mystery that I hope I get to experience.

I believe that if we get out of people's way, the sky's the limit. The sky is the limit.

You can go as far as you want to go.

No one should negotiate their dreams. Dreams must be free to fly high. No government, no legislature, has a right to limit your dreams. You should never agree to surrender your dreams.

I like to be a lot of different things at once and dress different ways and I change my hair all the time, so being an actor lets me live out the fantasy of living out 100,000 different lifetimes in one, without all of the repercussions.

[In America] No natural boundary seems to be set to the efforts of man; and what is not yet done is only what he has not yet attempted to do.

And this I believe: that the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world. And this I would fight for: the freedom of the mind to take any direction it wishes, undirected. And this I must fight against: any religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual. This is what I am and what I am about.

We are the richest nation in the world. We can do anything we want to do, We can do 100 things we want to do. The only thing we can’t do is everything

No limit, no definition, may restrict the range or depth of the human spirit's passage into its own secrets or the world's.

I can really write what I want. I can take time; I can do nothing for a year. That is paradise.

Panic! at the Disco, for me, has been an outlet to do whatever. I never felt like there were any rules. It was always carte blanche. I could do whatever I wanted. There were no rules set yet for the band. It just felt right.

I have no idea where I want to go musically, but I'm fine that way. I don't need to be faithful to any concept, you know.

For me, the ages between 9 and 12 were great because it was before you wore any masks, and you had some autonomy in the world. You had some freedom, and you felt you had unlimited ambition. It's when you thought, 'I'm going to write plays. I'm going to be president. I'm going to do this; I'm going to do that.' And then it all falls apart.

I had a lot more creative freedom back in the day.