When you lose, it motivates you to go again.
People do support themselves as artists and writers, so there's no need to be all doom and gloom about it. You just have to push forward. You have to follow your vision and hope for the best. You have to write for love.
Sometimes I feel like I'm not only the engine but the caboose. I have to be in the front car and pull forward, and at the same time run around behind and push everybody along with me.
All I can do is keep moving forward.
I had to pick myself up and get on with it, do it all over again, only even better this time.
When I'm cynical, I seek out bands that are fully participating and trying to push something forward. Or I can just start playing music again - which is happening with a new project. But I think it's always a challenge to overcome cynicism and not get bogged down by a sense of nostalgia. That can be such a stifling feeling.
So many great movements didn't succeed the first time, but people kept trying and trying and trying.
I learned that the moment you want to slow down is the moment you should accelerate.
You just have to fight your way through.
All the effort went into getting there and then I had nothing left. I thought I'd got somewhere, then I found I had to go on.
Our best years are only ahead of us, so we got to continue to keep pushing.
You're going to go through some tough stretches. You've got to continue to stay positive, continue to press through it.
There are a lot of people who came out of adverse situations and made it. Use it as motivation. Use it to drive you.
There is no better feeling than knowing you are pushing for something.
Why stop now when I'm just getting the hang of it?
I have to continue to work, to keep going, to always fight. This is the way.
In human affairs, the best stimulus for running ahead is to have something we must run from.
Every leap forward that I make is by reaching back and firmly getting a footing in the past, and pushing forward as hard as I can.
I've always enjoyed getting forward, pushing up-field to help us in our attacks, but I think you can still do that from a central position, too. You don't have to sit deep all the time.
It was the only way to progress, to stop.
Always move forward, going straight will get you nowhere.
She took a step and didn't want to take any more, but she did.
As for kids who are struggling personally, ignore the bullies! Who cares what they think? A lot of the time, they're not thinking, so you shouldn't take their words to heart. Ignore, ignore, ignore, and keep pushing forward.
It's fun that I get to live out my dream every single day. It's a blessing. I can't lose sight of that and I've just got to keep pushing.
Never, never listen to anybody that try to discourage you.
