It confuses me and disappoints me when somebody says, ‚What does he do? What does he do?‘ My records are some of the biggest anthems ever. What do you think, they magically just appear? Obama walked out to my record.

My fans love me for me, my beats, my rhymes.

The best people renounce all for one goal, the eternal fame of mortals; but most people stuff themselves like cattle.

It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them.

I’ve dreamed about doing music since I was three or four years old.

I got a signed document from Bullock’s saying that they had such-and-such drawings on consignment. Of course, nobody bought any of them, but otherwise, I was a big success: I had my drawings on sale at Bullock’s!

If you get something right, you really feel it, right in your chest, on stage. I think it’s an incomparable experience.

I don’t know what drives me to succeed.

The most miraculous process is watching a song go from a tiny idea in the middle of the night to something that 55,000 people are singing back to you.

A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one friend.

My songs are the door to every dream I’ve ever had and every success I’ve ever achieved.

I alone of English writers have consciously set myself to make music out of what I may call the sound of sense.

Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure.

We dissect failure a lot more than we dissect success.

To succeed in your mission, you must have single-minded devotion to your goal.

If you want to find the source of much of the music of modern day Russia, you will find it in the incredible compositions of that crazed lunatic Berlioz.

Pretty much my whole life, I’ve been a performer and have loved singing and writing songs in my room for my own ears.

As for accomplishments, I just did what I had to do as things came along.

All the breaks you need in life wait within your imagination, Imagination is the workshop of your mind, capable of turning mind energy into accomplishment and wealth.

I don’t think of Kurt as ‚Kurt Cobain from Nirvana‘. I think of him as ‚Kurt‘. It’s something that comes back all the time. Almost every day.

With a tree, all the growth takes place at the growing tips. Humanity is exactly the same. All the growth takes place in the growing tip: among that one percent of the population. It’s made up of pioneers, the beginners. That’s where the action is.

You aren’t going to find anybody that’s going to be successful without making a sacrifice and without perseverance.

Celebrity is the chastisement of merit and the punishment of talent.

Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.

The highest reward that God gives us for good work is the ability to do better work.

When I did ‚Bird,‘ it was a surprise to some people, first because I wasn’t in it and second because most of the films I’d been doing were cop movies or westerns or adventure films, so to be doing one about Charlie Parker, who was a great influence on American music, was a great thrill for me.

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.

The fact that my 15 minutes of fame has extended a little longer than 15 minutes is somewhat surprising to me and completely baffling to my wife.

You listen to the radio and all the songs sound the same, from 8 in the morning to 12.

I think I can keep a rhythm to a beat, but there are quite a few people who would argue with me.

God has already done everything He’s going to do. The ball is now in your court. If you want success, if you want wisdom, if you want to be prosperous and healthy, you’re going to have to do more than meditate and believe; you must boldly declare words of faith and victory over yourself and your family.

I became interested in folk music because I had to make it somehow.

If the people are happy, united, wealthy, and powerful, we presume the rest. We conclude that to be good from whence good is derived.

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.

Prosperity is the best protector of principle.

The principle of all successful effort is to try to do not what is absolutely the best, but what is easily within our power, and suited for our temperament and condition.

I write my own songs. I made my own videos. I pick my producers. Nothing goes out without my permission. It’s all authentic.

There’s different kinds of laughs. It’s like a baseball lineup: this guy’s your power hitter, this guy gets on base, this guy works out walks. If everybody does their job, we’re gonna win.

I’ve always tended to write songs prolifically.

It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.

Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than the one with all the facts.

I have only one understanding of development and of making success, and that’s by going step by step.

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.

I owe everything to Nirvana. But I can’t let that overshadow the future. For the first few years, I didn’t even want to talk about Nirvana. Partly because it was just painful to talk about losing Kurt but also because I wanted the Foo Fighters to mean something.

I like the way the stories of my relationships sound to music more than the way they look in print, in gossip columns or in me talking about them in interviews. I think it’s a better way of telling the stories.

Like it or not, there are a lot of dance teachers in this country who respect me, whether they personally like me or not.

Most businesses think that product is the most important thing, but without great leadership, mission and a team that deliver results at a high level, even the best product won’t make a company successful.

My music seems to have a bigger mission than I have, which is very soothing but also very strange because people see more in me than I see, which can be terrifying.

People see me on the street, and they point to me, and they’re like, ‚Hey! All right, all right, all right!‘

The men who have succeeded are men who have chosen one line and stuck to it.

Success is due to our stretching to the challenges of life. Failure comes when we shrink from them.

If you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it.

Well I think any author or musician is anxious to have legitimate sales of their products, partly so they’re rewarded for their success, partly so they can go on and do new things.

I cannot conceive of Israel withdrawing if Arab states do not recognize Israel, within secure borders.

With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.

Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve!

Power is the measure of the degree of control you have over circumstances in your life and the actions of the people around you. It is a skill that is developed by a deep understanding of human nature, of what truly motivates people, and of the manipulations necessary for advancement and protection.

Great is the hand that holds dominion over man by a scribbled name.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

If you want to influence people, you want them to accept your suggestions, you don’t say, ‚You don’t know how to use the English language,‘ or ‚How could you make that argument?‘ It will be welcomed much more if you have a gentle touch than if you are aggressive.

I do value the respect I get from my contemporaries, but to have Oasis cover my song, to have Puff Daddy cover a song, to have Goldie come along to my gigs – that’s where my ego is at. To have my fellow musicians like what I do, that’s very cool.