Keren Ann Quotes

But I'm able to just keep going, and that's the challenge. It's the next song. And then just enjoying the shows and people who come out to the shows. It's pretty organic, really.

I believe everything is possible. You have to try things, put your heart into it, try to do the best you can and see what is possible.

Most big concerts sound disgusting and awful and insultingly bad. It's like going to the cinema and been shown a scratchy film which is upsidedown and the bulb had gone on the projector. The quality of large-scale live music is so shocking.

You should do what you can to enjoy every moment.

Every day is perfect because there's no other day! As a friend of mine said, "Ride the horse in the direction it's going." When you do that, you realize that every moment, every breath, every sound, every encounter is a gift. You bloody well better enjoy it.

You've got to try and do your best, and the failure is what's funny. But you can't be aware of the failure, you've just got to keep trying to do your best.

As a father, you find yourself telling this to your kids a lot. My son, when he didn't want to play baseball, I was like, "Buddy, try it. Try playing baseball and if you don't like it, that's fine. But I want you to try it. I want you to try as hard as you can at it. And then we'll talk about it." You kind of have to give yourself the same pep talk. As a 43-year-old, you're like, "You know what? Just, try it. Try as hard as you can, give it everything you got and then accept the results."

Despite the obvious fault in the universe, it cannot be used as an excuse for not trying to be your best self. Instead, use unfairness as a starting point to be sure that your actions are the best you can muster, and find peace in navigating your time here with grace and humor whenever possible.

If we go out there and do our best every game, then I will take my chances that the results will be more good than bad.

Stop and smell the garlic! That's all you have to do.

We have to carry through to the next day and hope that we will be okay tomorrow as we are today and in the meantime, enjoy life.

It's perfectly okay to fail. It sounds corny, but it truly is about the journey.

As long as I'm enjoying what I'm doing, then that's fine. That's what I want. I want to enjoy life. We're only here for a small ride, so it may as well be a good one. If I can go to work enjoying what I do, then my life becomes a very nice one.

Life is like sex. It’s not always good, but its always worth trying.

It is too much to hope that I shall keep up my success. I don't ask for that. All I shall do is my best- and hope.

I've never really been nervous about any concerts. I enjoy it so much. All that matters is getting the songs played well, trying to get them to sound as close to the record live, which isn't easy, because my music is quite complicated to play.

Dream big, stay positive, work hard, and enjoy the journey.

If a person does this for just a couple of years and discovers that it just isn't for him, that's okay. At least he can move on knowing that he gave it his best shot.

We show up. We do our best. Good things happen.

I've been thinking about songwriting more in terms of playing it live, and how it will sound as a band.

To recognize that the greatest error is not to have tried and failed, but that in trying, we did not give it our best effort

Paralympics... fascinating because just watching anyone with a major disability trying to do everyday chores is fun to watch.

I'd rather try and not win than not try at all

Failure is not the absence of success. Failure is the neglect of trying.

I feel that any man that tries, any man that comes out with something we like, is a good man. A man doesn't have to be Leonardo Da Vinci to be sincere.