#trying

I try never to focus on the radio, just find great songs, find emotion and just write the best songs you can. I think when you get fixated on trying to do something too accurate, it becomes more washed out and less what you intended it to be. So I think each time the challenge for me is to try and reinvent a little bit. ↗

— Gary Allan

#becomes #best #bit #challenge #each

All I've been trying to do all my life is to make great music. ↗

— Puff Daddy

#great #great music #i #life #make

So much time is wasted on trying to be better than others. ↗

— Elijah Wood

#much #others #than #time #trying

It's not about failure; it's about trying something and risking something for attaining your goal. ↗

— Carol Alt

#attaining #failure #goal #risking #something

Being an actress is similar to trying to fit in with the popular kids in high school. You're expected to drive the right car, wear the right clothes and say the right things. ↗

— Lauren Ambrose

#being #car #clothes #drive #expected

I'm trying to learn to smoke, which is rather weird when everyone is trying to stop. I'm not a smoker. But my character only smokes as an affectation. ↗

— Francesca Annis

#character #everyone #i #learn #only

I'm aware of my audience in a way, and I do try to engage with them while I'm trying to go about my business of thinking. I believe they help me by providing a focus. ↗

— David Antin

#audience #aware #believe #business #engage

What sets 'Some Nights' apart from anything we've ever done is the hip-hop influence. Not so much the actual sound of hip-hop, but more the vibrato and the artistry that comes with it. Right now, the artists that seem to be pushing to be the greatest artists and are trying to change the world are hip-hop artists. ↗

— Jack Antonoff

#anything #apart #artistry #artists #change

Before you try to keep up with the Joneses, be sure they're not trying to keep up with you. ↗

— Erma Bombeck

#keep #sure #try #trying #up

We're trying to be that franchise that year-in and year-out is competing for a championship. ↗

— Drew Brees

#competing #franchise #trying