Don Felder Quotes

Music has always been my back door to life. It is important for people to find something that excites them. I like the concept that if you do what excites you, you will be rewarded generously, whatever form reward takes, which is not necessarily money.

You pursue what you love, and if you find beauty or truth, you go with that.

When I was 20, journalists would ask me what I would do when I retire from waterpolo. For me this is not just a five- or ten-year-period in my life. This is life itself.

The truest drive comes from doing what you love.

I also believe that writing becomes worthwhile and vitalized only through a full and exciting life.

In college, that was when I felt that acting is the one I really wanted because I got to be my true self; this is what I want to do for the rest of my life.

We are what we love.

When we are motivated by goals that have deep meaning, by dreams that need completion, by pure love that needs expressing, then we truly live.

I lost that excitement I had when I first started out. It was all about the need to just get a job, and so I found the joy again when I was writing Deuce Bigelow. I was laughing so hard and along with my writing partner at the time, simply laughing until we cried.

Your happiness is at the intersection of your passions and learning from great people.

That never stops. That's what drives you: the joy and excitement of doing what you love.

That I even get to play a sold-out show where people know the words and I'm singing about things I'm connected to is such a blessing. It's the equivalent of a nine-year-old saying, 'I want to be an astronaut when I grow up,' and then getting to go to the moon.

It's an amazing blessing to do something you love.

I wanted to be a farmer; actually, I wanted to be a horse-breeder. And I had the stallions... but then I heard Little Richard, and that was it.

No matter what you achieve, what you want to aspire to be, or how famous and powerful you become, the most important thing is whether you are excited about each and every moment of your life because of your work and people around you.

Everything has always been so organic for me; I have no idea what I would be doing if it wasn't for music. Music forever!

I think I will never stop working with music; it has become a part of who I am.

There are certain things that people love to do, and they can't really explain it. That's me and football. The game gives me hope. It lets me be myself.

I think what defines our band is really that, you know, we're just living our dream and making records that we love and having a good time.

Creativity is connected to your passion, that light inside you that drives you. That joy that comes when you do something you love. That small voice that tells you, 'I like this. Do this again. You are good at it. Keep going.' That is the juicy stuff that lubricates our lives and helps us feel less alone in the world.

We start dying when we have nothing worth living for. And we don't really start living until we find something worth dying for

If you can't figure out your purpose, figure out your passion. For your passion will lead you right into your purpose.

If I am interested, amazed, stimulated to work, that is sufficient reason to thank the gods, and go ahead!

I get inspired with passion, I think. I get inspired by people who are just passionate, and it doesn't matter what they do or what they're passionate about. I just think passion is such an embraceable thing, whether it's the guy in the coffee shop who's making the coffee or a bricklayer who loves making walls. I love watching people who love what they do, and I think that's very inspirational.

I think it's crucial to live, play and work passionately. I'm inspired by my husband, my son and the sense of possibility in the world.