So when I realised I could sing for a living - do what I loved and be paid for it - I thought, 'This is unbelievable. Unbelievable!' And that feeling has never left me.
Interpretation
The quote reflects the joy of pursuing one's passion and being rewarded for it.
In this quote, Tom Jones expresses his astonishment at being able to turn his passion for singing into a career that not only fulfills him but also provides financial reward. This sense of amazement and gratitude emphasizes the importance of following one's dreams and finding joy in the work one loves, a feeling that has remained with him throughout his life.
In practice
In a motivational speech about career choices.
There is rarely a creative man who does not have to pay a high price for the divine spark of his greatest gifts... the human element is frequently bled for the benefit of the creative element and to such an extent that it even brings out the bad qualities, as for instance, ruthless, naive egoism (so-called "auto-eroticism"), vanity, all kinds of vices-and all this in order to bring to the human I at least some life-strength, since otherwise it would perish of sheer inanition.
The rules I sort of live by for my theater career, which I hope to live for my film career, is that if there's something that intrigues me or fascinates me, or I don't know how to do it, then I should do it.
One of these poems I wrote after having been here only a month. The other, I wrote this morning. In the space between the two poems, I have found acres of grace
To call Clive Barker a 'horror novelist' would be like calling the Beatles a 'garage band'... He is the great imaginer of our time. He knows not only our greatest fears, but also what delights us, what turns us on, and what is truly holy in the world. Haunting, bizarre, beautiful.
It's a maddening thing in itself to look at an old poem of yours. To translate it is even more maddening.
Music is love searching for a word.
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