Career Quote by Shawn Colvin Download Open image “For a long time, I felt like I failed myself, my career, and my record company.” — Shawn Colvin ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Career Company Failure Long Long time Myself Time
I was horribly depressed, and I felt like I had failed as a band leader, a professional, as a person. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I didn't worry about my career ending, but there were days where I felt pretty beat up by it all and just pretty tired,… — Tom Petty Copy Share Image
I felt like a failure for so long because I wasn't able to access myself in the way I knew I would have if… — John Grant Copy Share Image
The best thing that happened from that situation when I failed was the fact that I failed and I failed because I was trying… — Jerry Weintraub Copy Share Image
My biggest failure was trying to start and run a music label. The music industry was dying, and I wasn't ready to help other… — Killer Mike Copy Share Image
I found the most difficult thing when you became successful - when I had the record album, it won Album of the Year -… — Bob Newhart Copy Share Image
I felt like a failure, like somehow my self-worth was tied to my ability to procreate. I didn't feel like I could talk about… — Virginia Williams Copy Share Image
For a long time, it was all about chart position. 'If my record doesn't come in at No. 1, I'm a failure.' I cared… — Jimmy Barnes Copy Share Image
For the first ten years of my career, I felt suffocated. People constantly stood over me while I tried to create. And in 2009,… — India Arie Copy Share Image
I feel like if I look back at my career, that's all I've ever done is fail. — Eddy Alvarez Copy Share Image
With my songs, the question is always, 'Can you pull it off live, alone on just an acoustic guitar?' That's the litmus test. If… — Shawn Colvin Copy Share Image
Physically, I'm healthy as a horse, always held up. But in the mental illness department, I got my share. It's just what I got. — Shawn Colvin Copy Share Image
There were bars that began to have acoustic musicians play, it was 1970: Joni Mitchell, Jackson Browne, America, The Eagles, all that kind of… — Shawn Colvin Copy Share Image
I was a cover artist for years. I didn't start writing songs until I was in my mid-twenties. I wrote them with John Leventhal,… — Shawn Colvin Copy Share Image
I can perform easily; I don't mind getting up in front of people at all. I've always sung and felt confident about that, and… — Shawn Colvin Copy Share Image
I'm not a go-out-with-a-band artist. I'm an intimate, storytelling folk artist. It guides the writing and makes for a concert that I'm proud of. — Shawn Colvin Copy Share Image
I consider myself as a singer first, but something that really helped me come into my own is that there's not a separation between… — Shawn Colvin Copy Share Image
“Don’t allow anyone to pressure you into taking a job in a field that doesn’t feel right in your gut. You are the one… — Alison James Copy Share Image
In every province, the chief occupations, in order of importance, are lovemaking, malicious gossip, and talking nonsense. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
I think I've had the longest career of strength, focus, and still being able to sell records. I think I'm that guy. I'm still… — Nas Copy Share Image
One needs more than ambition and talent to make a success of anything, really. There must be love and a vocation. — Jessye Norman Copy Share Image
There are so many things you can do with your life, you can go to school and study toward your career, you can become… — Simphiwe Scientist Dumi Copy Share Image
I always knew I wanted to have a good career, so I made it happen. — Chord Overstreet Copy Share Image
I am a very big fan of Brian Eno, of his work as an artist and making his music, and as a producer. In… — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share Image
If I can beat a proven champion like Canelo, that will take my career to a different level. — Gennady Golovkin Copy Share Image
My non-career. My excuse for a career? Honestly, I never think about the word 'career.' I've had managers, the minute they say it to… — Tom Verlaine Copy Share Image
I started off as a model maker, so the first part of my career was a model maker and then a motion control camera… — John Knoll Copy Share Image
Growing up I did commercials and things like that, but nothing serious. As I got older, my family is really hardcore into academics. They… — Portia Doubleday Copy Share Image
