Eric Burdon Quotes

I had to focus on some personal areas in my life with the little bit of privacy that I have.

I feel like I needed a balance. I don't want to forget about my personal life and spending time with myself.

I wanted to have a personal life that I fully inhabited, not because I am such a great mom, but for me.

I notice that my characters go out to dinner and have fun and take these great trips, but I spend so much time on their lives, I don't have much of a personal life of my own. I have to sort of remember to fill out that little notebook on me.

For as much respect and love as we have for this game, there are other things things in our lives that are important to us, too.

I love my personal life and having a social life. And I didn't ever want to have to compromise.

The autobiographical doesn't interest me. I could think of few things less interesting than rooting about in my life.

When I was married, I wasn't loving myself. Now I'm in love with myself. I will get married again.

I've gotten my personal life all the way intact and made sure that it's straight. Without that, you have no foundation. Your building is going to crumble.

I suppose my life has always been about pleasing people, making sure they're all right, doing the right thing. Then, suddenly, you have to face up to what you want and be honest about it.

For a young person, it is almost a sin, or at least a danger, to be too preoccupied with himself; but for the ageing person, it is a duty and a necessity to devote serious attention to himself.

My private life is perfect. If your private life and your life outside football is good, then it is good on the field for you.

I haven't put much effort into my personal life and blithely believe it will turn out all right in the end.

I'm realizing for the first time, your life goes on while you're trying to pursue this career. I saw my career as everything. But you have this life, too. Living your life fully, you come to know yourself better. You'll find the place for it.

I took some me time. I think that's a really important thing to do for yourself, especially in this business. And now I feel like I'm in a really good, positive place in my life.

Being self-critical is good; being self-hating is destructive. There's a very fine line there somewhere, and I walk it carefully.

Whenever I'm trying to decide how to spend my precious time, energy, or money, I ask myself a series of questions. 'Will this broaden or deepen my relationships?' 'Will this contribute to an atmosphere of growth in my life?' 'Is this a way to 'Be Gretchen?' and 'Will this help connect me to my past?'

I care about me now. When I didn't care about me, I was, like, 'Why is this going wrong? Why is my life so bad?' But when you don't care about yourself, nobody else is going to care about you. So I learned to love myself, even if nobody else does.

My greatest passion is my personal life.

Well, my life is so centered around the people I care about, my animals, and my work.

Don't forget your own self while preaching to others.

Self-love is really a foundation for everything, and however you practice or express that is so, so important.

I am constantly evolving. The moment I stop my evolution is the moment I disservice myself and, ultimately, those I love.

I'm learning to accept myself. I'm still in the process of learning to love who I am. And it's been really refreshing and really nice to be able to do that and be okay. I think my fans have brought that out in me.

A lot of what I do outside acting is really just for me.