Kamasi Washington Quotes

I'm just a young person trying to fulfil his potential and be the best he can be at what he wants to do... I guess that's why people connect with the music.

I don't set goals for myself too much, but I'm always trying to write that one great song.

People tell me I'm very ambitious right now. But I just have a lot of stories in my head, and why can't I do them all?

I think the fact that I am living my dream and being really productive and embarking on all my lifelong aspirations is proof enough that if I can do it, anyone can. I try to tell everybody to dream big and go after their dreams.

I think you grow through your experiences; you get better as you grow and I'm not nearly where I think I'm going to be eventually where I inspire to be and hopefully the opportunities will continue to come.

When you have a dream, you've got to grab it and never let go.

The key to my motivation has always been to look at how far I had still to go rather than how far I had come.

I didn't have any great talent. I didn't want to become a rock star or an author.

I always put my fantasies in the realm of goals.

In my case, my life has changed and improved because different things have motivated me. For example, in the beginning, my motivation was to help my family. Later on, my motivation was to be the best.

I want to give myself new challenges. I want to get better.

Every day, someone realizes a dream. I believe dreams help light our darkness and give us the push we need to move across the rink of life.

To realize a dream, you must have a dream to realize.

You know who it is? It's me in 10 years. So I turned 25. Ten years later, that same person comes to me and says, 'So, are you a hero?' And I was like, 'not even close. No, no, no.' She said, 'Why?' I said, 'Because my hero's me at 35.' So you see every day, every week, every month and every year of my life, my hero's always 10 years away. I'm never gonna be my hero. I'm not gonna attain that. I know I'm not, and that's just fine with me because that keeps me with somebody to keep on chasing.

Please go for your dreams. Whatever your ideals, you can become whatever you want to become.

Don’t get depressed about not being where you want to be. This nagging feeling of anxiety is actually called ambition. Ambition is your friend.

Get going. Move forward. Aim High. Plan a takeoff. Don't just sit on the runway and hope someone will come along and push the airplane. It simply won't happen. Change your attitude and gain some altitude. Believe me, you'll love it up here.

Look, there are no shortcuts in golf, and there are no shortcuts in life. You have to work for it. Dream big and keep your dreams for yourself. Because the dreams that you have are those things that separate you from others. If you give up your dream, you give up hope. And without hope, you are nothing.

You have two choices: You can come down from the mountain and spend the rest of your days thinking it was so beautiful there, or you can create a vision, look upward, see the next mountain, and start the climb all over again.

Stick to your dreams and determine that you're going to make them come true.

I think the key is basically just your determination. As far an artist is concerned, it's just about your drive and your dream.

Even though I am extremely blessed to have accomplished many of my goals at such a young age, I am still reaching, still striving.

I know how much more I need to do to be where I want.

I've become a workaholic. When the shows slow down and there's no press and I can get my time to myself in the studio with my music, I get into this zone, man. I enter this incredible space where I'm just making music. And I feel like I can work with anybody - with Elton John, with Hanson - and I can make something incredible.