"As an artist, you have to maintain focus and eliminate the distraction of second-guessing yourself based on the opinions of others."

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Dwight Yoakam

#Artist Quotes #Focus Quotes #Guessing Quotes

“It's called Sisters of the Winter Madrigal. It was interesting for me to see it done after so many years; because I wrote it and I didn't realize what a rage I was in.”

Source : "Expressing "The Misery and Confusion Truthfully": An Interview with Beth Henley". "American Drama" Journal, Vol. 14, No. 1, 2005.
“Blessed is he who carries within himself a God, an ideal, and obeys it.”
“I'd probably end up doing the same thing over and over. We're creatures of habit. We know what we know. With collaboration...and I'm not just talking about music, I'm talking about in life - if you're a good listener and you have your ears open, and to be a good collaborator you have to be able to listen, you can learn something from somebody else.”

Source : Interview with Gregg Shapiro, chicago.gopride.com. January 22, 2016.
“Americans spend more money on Botox, face lifts and tummy tucks than on the age-old scourges of polio, small pox and malaria.”
“...Covetousness, looking more at what we would have than at what we have.”
“Our love can't be measured. It just is.”
“Once freedom is equated with a certain material standard of living, confiscation becomes the path to liberation.”
“The best player in the world; whenever Iniesta is on the pitch he creates a spectacle.”

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