I think that the loss of confidence in yourself to make good music is what being jaded is.
Confidence is consistency of thinking about what is possible and how to make it possible.
The old saying that "success breeds success" has something to it. It's that feeling of confidence that can banish negativity and procrastination and get you going the right way.
I find myself going out on the road to get my confidence back, because I lose it at home.
Every win, regardless a good or bad one, gives you more confidence.
There's a certain confidence that comes with being sure about the way the world works.
Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.
I had gained so much confidence through my college achievements that I wanted to tackle the world.
I've noticed the sound of the golf ball being hit by the golf club is different, and much more realistic, with the hearing aids. The sound with the hearing aids makes sense, and better represents what I know is happening to the golf ball. So you could say that the hearing aids help give me confidence regarding my golf game.
When the representative body have lost the confidence of their constituents, when they have notoriously made sale of their most valuable rights, when they have assumed to themselves powers which the people never put into their hands, then indeed their continuing in office becomes dangerous to the state
I do have insecurities. I don't know if you can tell. I'm not brimming with confidence.
An artist, under pain of oblivion, must have confidence in himself, and listen only to his real master: Nature.
Do the thing and you will have the power.
With greater confidence in yourself and your abilities, you will set bigger goals, make bigger plans and commit yourself to achieving objectives that today you only dream about.
I am convinced that it will not be long before the whole world acknowledges the results of my work.
You can't teach talent. You can't put in what God left out - but you can teach confidence.
The things we hate about ourselves aren't more real than things we like about ourselves.
There's a tendency in politics to attribute bad motivation much too quickly, and the sooner you attribute bad motivation to someone you disagree with, the harder it is to find some common ground to make some progress that would give people confidence that you got it more right than wrong.
Art helped give me confidence.
The prediction I can make with the highest confidence is that the most amazing discoveries will be the ones we are not today wise enough to foresee.