This was absolutely an attack on [British Prime Minister] Tony Blair, principally, and the perspective which is really predominant in Europe right now that he's not questioning enough of Mr. Bush's policies. " (about his latest song Shoot the Dog)
We don't live forever. . . Our legacy does.
In life, it's not the genetic guy who wins or the guy with the most potential who wins; it's the person with the greatest perseverance who wins. Always be willing to get up and go at it again and again. That's the guy who has his hands raised later in life. That's the guy you guys need to be.
The difference between a winner and a loser - they both failed, but the winner gets back up and does it again and again until it goes his way.
You are what you do repeatedly every day. If excellence is something you're striving for, then it's not an accident. It's a habit.
Success doesn’t know these things about cold or early or tired. It just knows if you showed up or not.
Why cry about missed opportunities when you have the ability to smile at opportunities lived? The past has created who you are NOW, where we learn and grow from the past, never resting upon previous achievements or allowing past failure to paralyze us in our current endeavor. All that was has created us to be the best we currently are for our greatest hour is about to arise!
Human identity is the most fragile thing that we have, and it's often only found in moments of truth.
It's not sometimes realistic to think that something magical can happen, but I think I look for the magic.
Do you see how Jerry Heller made it work? That is how he combined what we did to make the rap music into mass music. That's exactly how it happened.
The secret of life does not lie in its chemical basis. . . Life succeeds precisely because it evades chemical imperatives.