#living

My energy to sing, I get it from my singing. Singing was not a reason to make a living. This is the only thing I wanted to do. ↗

— Nana Mouskouri

#get #i #living #make #only

But my strength was in singing and songwriting, which was a new discovery for me when I was 18. And I decided if I pursued songwriting, which is what was closest to my heart, then there would be no competition. I would just live my life being myself and living my dream. ↗

— Jason Mraz

#being myself #closest #competition #decided #discovery

The collective conscience of a hundred musicians is no light burden. Think for a moment of what it would mean to a pianist if by some miracle every key of his instrument should suddenly become a living thing. ↗

— Charles Munch

#burden #collective #conscience #every #his

No longer shall I paint interiors with men reading and women knitting. I will paint living people who breathe and feel and suffer and love. ↗

— Edvard Munch

#feel #i #interiors #knitting #living

Before I became a writer, I was running a jazz bar in the center of Tokyo, which means that I worked in filthy air all the time late into the night. I was very excited when I started making a living out of my writing, and I decided, 'I will live in nothing but an absolutely healthy way.' ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#air #bar #became #before #center

It was the closest to purgatory that I've ever experienced while I've been living. ↗

— Dave Thomas

#closest #ever #experienced #i #living

You just want to be able to have a nice career and make a living at it. ↗

— Rafael Palmeiro

#career #just #living #make #nice

There are better ways we can transform this virulent hatred - by living our ideals, the Peace Corps, exchange students, teachers, exporting our music, poetry, blue jeans. ↗

— Helen Thomas

#better ways #blue #blue jeans #corps #exchange

Tattoos are so widespread, so ugly and so very, very permanent. You can, in theory, have them removed - but a large chunk of your living flesh will go with it. ↗

— Tony Parsons

#flesh #go #large #living #permanent

I have always been making art from an early age but for nearly forty years did computer programming to earn a living. I bought a house and put my wife and three children through college. Now that diversion is over so I can finally paint full time. ↗

— Mike Thompson

#always #art #been #bought #children