Lucinda Williams Quotes

There's no shortcut to learning a craft; you just have to put the years in.

Try, try, try, and keep on trying is the rule that must be followed to become an expert in anything.

If I've learned nothing else, it's that time and practice equal achievement.

If I don't practice the way I should, then I won't play the way that I know I can.

It's not just about waking up and trying to be a star... It's practice, practice, practice.

A lot of times, when you see someone do something, whether it's sports or multimedia or whatever their profession is, you think it just starts when you see them; you don't realize all of the sweat equity that goes into it.

The biggest lesson I've learned about drawing is that it takes time. Which is really annoying.

How do you play well? You practice well. You prepare well.

Success is less about luck, and more about practice.

The very essence of success is practice.

Destiny, quite often, is a determined parent. Mozart was hardly some naive prodigy who sat down at the keyboard and, with God whispering in his ears, let music flow from his fingertips. It's a nice image for selling tickets to movies, but whether or not God has kissed your brow, you still have to work. Without learning and preparation, you won't know how to harness the power of that kiss.

One thing you notice is, there's a lot of people with raw talent, and then there's people who take that talent and work hard.

No one has as much luck around the greens as one who practices a lot.

Either you have the ability to hit or not. But I also think you have to work at it.

We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master.

Whatever sport you choose, do it because you love it, and don't expect to be an expert first thing. It takes time to do well at anything, but if you love it, you'll stick with it.

Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly until you learn to do it well.

My advice to an aspiring actor would be to never stop learning or working for what you want. Nothing comes easy, ever, if you want something, you have to work for it. By working for it I mean work on your craft, learn from people who have something to teach. It's just like anything else, practice makes perfect.

The more you practice and study, the better you are... so I still practice and study all the time.

If you don't have talent or preparation for whatever you want to do, you will not be successful in anything.

Practice every time you get a chance.

You don't have to have magic unicorn powers. You work at it, and you get better. It's like anything: You sit there and do it every day, and eventually you get good at it.

When I learn martial arts, my master will have me try a punch for a week and he will keep saying, 'No, you don't have it. No, that's not right.' When he finally says, 'Yes, you did it,' it's a wonderful moment. You worked on it. You got it.

Sometimes you want to give up the guitar, you'll hate the guitar. But if you stick with it, you're gonna be rewarded.

You hit home runs not by chance but by preparation.