Ted Dwane Quotes

I do music for the love of it, and I've been doing it from a very young age: about 11.

If I didn't love it, I would not record it.

I just really always try to do what's in my heart and I'm still passionate about the music; I still love what I am doing.

I feel like a person who has dedicated her whole life to the music she loves.

I just want to play shows and write songs and make music. That's what feels good.

I made one rule for myself, and I really try to live it: Play music you love, with people you love, for people you love. If I can't be that kind of musician, I'll drive a cab.

I want to continue to do music and stay on the stage because I love the stage. And I want to continue to write songs.

My focus is my art, and that's what I love to do. I have to be really passionate in order to do something. I've turned down many things that I just didn't believe in.

I'd like just to be remembered as a guy that came along and did his music, did his best and showed up on time, clean and ready to do the job, wrote a few songs, and had a hell of a time.

The great love of my life is music.

Whether it be in acting, music, or even in dancing, I only want to do things that I truly connect to, and with my music, it's everything that I am.

Everything about the movie 'Dope' is real artistry, and everybody put their full hearts and souls into it. It's a passion project; it's not one of those things everybody got paid a million dollars to do. Everybody on there wanted to do it. Everybody there believed in the project, and we just went for it. We all love each other.

Music is my passion - it's what I love and it's in my blood. You can never take me away from my work.

I'm doing what I do for the right reasons. I love the music that I make.

All I try to do is to write music that feels meaningful to me, that has commitment and passion behind it.

If I'm going to make music for the streets or the clubs or whatever, I go at it with 110 percent.

I'm such a huge fan, and I've done classes of all Lady Gaga music. And she's just someone who evokes freedom and love for her fans and passion in what she does. Lady Gaga, I'll take you out for a salad anytime.

I want to make sure I'm not a dilettante. Decorating has been a passion all my life. I love it.

I feel like what I owe my audience is what I'm most passionate about.

Dance music is my love, is my passion, is my life. I live for my fans and take my art very seriously.

I'd say the key thing is to remain true to what originally got you into music. When I wrote 'Hallelujah,' it ignited me to do music because of the love and joy that I got from writing that song. Down the road, you get all of these opinions from people; just remember what got you started in the first place.

Passion: It's what separates a singer from an entertainer. I hope I have passion for my music, my family, and my friends until they start shoveling dirt on my face.

I have a passion for the music - not because of I wanna be in the lights or the money, but it's because it's my life. It's my heart.

I love Styx as much as I could love anything in my life. I started playing in the band when I was 14 years old. You become so involved in something when you start in it that young; you're doing it purely out of love of what you're doing and a belief in it.

I have fallen back in love with music, which has allowed me to get back to my roots and create sounds without borders.