If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.
Neil PeartRead
Courageous convictions will drag the dream into existence.
Interpretation
Having strong beliefs and courage can help turn dreams into reality.
This quote emphasizes the power of conviction and bravery in pursuing one's dreams. It suggests that when we hold firm to our beliefs and approach challenges with courage, we can manifest our aspirations into tangible outcomes.
In practice
In a motivational speech about pursuing careers and aspirations, one might use this quote to inspire the audience.
If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.
The real test of a musician is live performance. It's one thing to spend a long time learning how to play well in the studio, but to do it in front of people is what keeps me coming back to touring.
Performing live in front of an audience is such a matter of will - all of those things you can do just fine in your basement, suddenly you have to do them in front of hundreds or thousands of people, and it becomes a different matter entirely.
It seems to me that's the only way you can have a truly creative aggregate of people is if they're all contributing in different ways.
What I've learned over the years is that the craft of songwriting is trying to take the personal and make it universal - or in the case of telling a story, taking the universal and making it personal.
I've heard the stories. Like, Eric Clapton said he wanted to burn his guitar when he heard Jimi Hendrix play. I never understood that because, when I went and saw a great drummer or heard one, all I wanted to do was practice.
It's better to burn out, than to fade away.
There's no agony like [getting started]. You sit in a room, biting pencils, looking at a typewriter, walking about, or casting yourself down on a sofa, feeling you want to cry your head off.
Failure is a reality; we all fail at times, and it's painful when we do. But it's better to fail while striving for something wonderful, challenging, adventurous, and uncertain than to say, " I don't want to try because I may not succeed completely.
Effort is only effort when it begins to hurt.
I'm almost shocked that I'm still around after all of these years... and always grateful that I get another turn to do something.
I had to make my own living and my own opportunity. But I made it! Don't sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them.
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