#tryin

I'm confident being at Universal, which is a great home for me, 'cause they understand what I'm trying to do. ↗

— Pras Michel

#cause #confident #great #home #i

My father was an army champion boxer... in the British army. And so he loved boxing and talked it up as a sport. But then when my brother and I were beating the crap out of each other, he was always trying to tone it down. But I am a fan of boxing. ↗

— Hugh Jackman

#am #army #beating #boxer #boxing

The old Devil gets mad when you're trying to do good. Pray that God will move the stumbling blocks. ↗

— Mahalia Jackson

#devil #gets #god #good #mad

But you know, the system almost destroyed itself while it was goin' on trying to destroy us. ↗

— Waylon Jennings

#destroy #destroyed #goin #itself #know

I'm concentrating on staying healthy, having peace, being happy, remembering what is important, taking in nature and animals, spending time reading, trying to understand the universe, where science and the spiritual meet. ↗

— Joan Jett

#being #being happy #concentrating #happy #having

I want my whole life to be a great work of art, not just my art. And that means paying attention to my entire life and trying to make sure my whole life is balanced. ↗

— Jewel

#attention #balanced #entire #entire life #great

I'm trying to be in the moment and really enjoy my pregnancy. I feel really lucky. ↗

— Jewel

#feel #i #i feel #lucky #moment

If I had been trying to take the job away from him in a sneaky, underhand manner, then I deserved all I got. But it was the other way around. I was trying to get him the job. ↗

— Ian St. John

#away #been #deserved #get #got

As Jeopardy devotees know, if you're trying to win on the show, the buzzer is all. On any given night, nearly all the contestants know nearly all the answers, so it's just a matter of who masters buzzer rhythm the best. ↗

— Ken Jennings

#any #best #contestants #given #jeopardy

I just want to keep making music, recording and trying different things. I don't want to do the same thing all the time. ↗

— Norah Jones

#different things #i #just #keep #making