If it's a good song and it fits me, that's what I'm going to do, I'm not out there trying to change the world. I'm just out there trying to sing country music the best way I can.
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Related I'm not trying to become a pop artist, and I'm not trying to make sure I stay a country arti... SAM HUNT I'm a country singer. I love all kinds of music, but country is where my loyalty lies. That'... GEORGE STRAIT Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON The fun thing about song writing is that it's just creative. It can be whatever you want it to b... KELSEA BALLERINI I'm going to try to do music for the rest of my life, but that's just trying. Maybe it's... MAC DEMARCO It's a question of trying to take down by dictation what's already there. I'm not making... ALICE OSWALD What I'm trying to do is save and rescue the country if I can, and I'm doing my best to do i... NAJIB MIKATI I'm a pretty easygoing person, and it bleeds into the music. Even if I'm writing the most pe... MAC DEMARCO It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill JUDE WATSON I don't feel that I'm explaining the world or teaching people anything. And I'm not tryi... STEVEN WRIGHT I'm just going out there and doing exactly what I'm coached and doing exactly what I'm s... CALVIN JOHNSON It's just a campy blast. I just want to do as little as I can and make it good, and try not to s... DAVID SPADE If I'm going to do something, I'm going to do it well. That's just my character, that... OZWALD BOATENG I'm not trying to be new school and I'm not old school - I'm classic. There's a lot ... LL COOL J When I'm writing, I'm just in it and trying to figure out what seems best. PATRICK NESS I have this burning desire to get out there and do my best. It's as if I'm keeping it all in... JACKIE JOYNER-KERSEE There's a certain missing feeling, a void out there that I'm more than happy to fill. Withou... EL DEBARGE I want to make the music that's not there anymore. I'm so passionate about the singing voice... SAM SMITH At the end of the day, it's me versus you, and I'm trying to get you out. If I can throw you... DREW POMERANZ I cannot save the world; that's not what I'm trying to do. I guess I'm just trying to wa... MARY J. BLIGE It SMELLS ancient," - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Palm trees were fanned by a warm, light breeze, and they rolled down their windows to smell the sea. JUDE WATSON I'm not going to go to a producer that's going to take me in a studio and charge me my whole... FRENCH MONTANA What I'm saying is that, unlike a lot of portrayals of me, I'm not hiding behind the sunglas... DAVID DUVAL I'm just going to be myself; there's no reason for me to try and go out there and put a cert... PAIGE VANZANT When I'm rapping, like, a turn up song, I'm thinking about what the people want to hear; thi... TINK Writing by myself, I spread that out more. I'll spend more time on a song then. I'm more cri... HUNTER HAYES I always wished I had a song like that George Strait song, 'The Chair', 'cause it's ... BLAKE SHELTON I'm comfortable only when there's a mutual attraction. That's what anyone wants. If I fi... NATHAN FILLION The fishing is a great relief for me. When I'm out there's no cell phone ringing. I'm ou... RICK BARRY I wasn't trying to fit into a thing... it was not like I was like, 'Right, I'm the Han; ... DAISY RIDLEY The important thing to me is that I'm not driven by people's praise and I'm not slowed d... RUSSELL CROWE I'm not trying to influence anyone else; I'm not saying, 'Do what I do.' I think it&... KIM KARDASHIAN I'm not going to get into the writer's skills or what he was trying to portray because that&... TAYLOR DANE I don't think you can discriminate against budgets, you know? I'm an actor, I guess, so I... RYAN GOSLING I think behind every great man there's got to be a great woman, whether she's your wife, you... PRINCE ROYCE I'm that person who says, 'No matter what the problem is, there's a solution.' That&... MIRANDA KERR If I'm going to be a caged bird, I'll sing the best song I can. WES CRAVEN I certainly understand that we're all trying to make a living, but I'm not thinking about th... AIMEE MANN I'm telling you, it's so exciting playing out there because I'm playing well, you have t... STEFAN EDBERG I just want to do good material. If I'm right for it, and it connects with me, and the material ... SAM UNDERWOOD The point is that when I see a sunset or a waterfall or something, for a split second it's so gr... CHRIS EVANS When I write, I'm not trying to be funny. It's the way I look at the world. BILLY COLLINS I have social anxiety. It's easier up on stage because there's security in being there. When... SIA I live in a country where I'd say nine out of ten people know me when I walk through the streets... TREVOR NOAH Fat Joe ain't out here trying to battle-rap everybody in the world. That's not what I'm ... FAT JOE To the U.S. and the world, I'm just known as some funny song and some funny music, some funny vi... PSY We have to realize only in communication, in real knowledge, in real reaching out, can there be an u... MIRA NAIR If I do a song where I'm angry, when it's time to perform it live I'm not mad, I'm h... ICE T I'm not trying to stay in the same place and I'm not trying to compete with what's curre... EDDIE MONEY I'm trying figuring out how to be the best person I can be. But it's been a process of trial... DAVID ARQUETTE I'm not thinking about what needs to be on the radio. I'm not thinking about anything other ... BRIAN MCKNIGHT Cooking, to me, it's kind of therapeutic. It's completely different from music as well. I... PHILLIP PHILLIPS The word's out: I'm a woman, and I'm going to have trouble backing off on that. I am wha... ELIZABETH WARREN Do I feel like I'm 65? No. I feel like I'm 15. That's my problem. I'm trying as hard... RIC FLAIR I'm just trying to go out each week and get better. I just have to be patient, and it's goin... EZEKIEL ELLIOTT I'm not trying to be the highest-paid receiver in the National Football League. I've never r... DONALD DRIVER In a way, I'm always trying to do something I'm not qualified to do. So I feel that lack of ... JENNIFER EGAN When I sit down to write a song, there is no filter. I'm not trying to write for anyone or anyth... JENNY LEWIS For me, the best thing I can do is play live. The best way for me to put over what I'm trying to... PAUL WELLER Whenever I'm writing a song, if I have an idea for the music video, that's how I know it'... CHARLI XCX I'm just not into trying to convince people like me. I always say to myself, 'It is what it ... NENE LEAKES I'm a normal person. You say something about me, I'm going to say something back, funny or n... AUSTIN SEFERIAN-JENKINS I'm always trying to emulate guitar. Especially when I'm playing the trombone, that's wh... TROMBONE SHORTY I'm going to go out there and just keep trying to get better. FREDDIE FREEMAN There's a good chance that if you're talking to me when I'm snoring, it means I'm bo... GARRY SHANDLING No one's ever really cared about me being bisexual, and I only came out because I had always bee... NICOLA ADAMS I'm single, so I'm trying to do an overall overhaul. The look I'm going for is very '... CHLOE SEVIGNY It's not an epitaph. I felt I could look back at my life and get a good story out of it. It'... ALAN ALDA In whichever way my music can get out there, I'm just like, 'Sure.' It's also throug... PRISCILLA AHN I could do nice, but it's just not as much fun. Being nice isn't my biggest goal in life. I&... SHARON STONE What I'm hoping to do is see Democrats get elected. That's what I'm trying to contribute... DANNEL MALLOY For me, I'm just trying to be the best at what I do. I'll wave an Asian American flag if I g... CHAD HUGO I looked at myself, and I just said, 'Well, you know, I can sing, but I'm not the greatest s... BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN It's how I'm wired. If I'm not the best at something, it ticks me off, and I want to wor... CARSON WENTZ I'm not trying to stump anybody... it's the beauty of the language that I'm interested i... BUDDY HOLLY To be labelled a cheat - it's not fair. If I'm a cheat, then prove I'm a cheat or just l... MO FARAH I'm interested in what it means to live in America. I'm interested in the kind of country th... BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN When you're making music, it's meant to be shared with people. Sometimes, even if I'm wr... BENNY BLANCO I'm just me. I'm just very opinionated. I react to whatever I see. If it's good, it'... MEL B I'm trying to do what Eddie Murphy did for his generation. You have to show people, 'I'm... KEVIN HART I speak my mind. If it offends some people, well, there's not much I can do about that. But I... JESSE VENTURA If you don't read it, you don't know. I mean, that's why I have a PR team. They read it ... ANNE WOJCICKI I've always had to conquer fear when I'm on stage. Basically, I was and still am a very shy ... STEVEN WRIGHT The music kind of possesses me when I sing. So whenever I start to sing on a show - I mean, first, I... JACKIE EVANCHO Sportsmen just do what they do. I'm not trying to be a role model. If there's any inspiratio... ANTHONY JOSHUA I can tell you that you will have your hearts broken more by the people you love than by the people ... MARGARET PETERSON HADDIX It's a job. When I'm writing I'm going to do it five to six days a week and I'm goin... CANDACE BUSHNELL I'm not trying to find another thing that's wrong with me, but I'm such a nice person, a... TRACEY EMIN I'm just a young person trying to fulfil his potential and be the best he can be at what he want... TINIE TEMPAH As frustrating as it is to not have a record come out, I have to make sure that it's worth putti... ISAAC BROCK My mom always told me if I love what I'm doing, and I'm having fun, then just continue to do... SELENA GOMEZ Things have changed. Now it's not the outward appearance, it's the inward man that I'm t... VANITY I want people to know that I'm not just 'Chillin' It.' I'm a real person. There&... COLE SWINDELL I would say what scares me is that I'm going to ultimately find out at the end of my life that I... DEMI MOORE I'm not here to change the music world, but I'm definitely here to show what I can do and ex... LEE DEWYZE It's phenomenally important to me that, if I'm going to be spending years on a project, I ne... MARY MCDONNELL I'm just going to go out there and do my best. KATIE HOFF I'm restless. I'm all the time here and there and trying to get myself busy and creative. It... EDGAR RAMIREZ Through my films I'm eventually trying to one day tell the truth. I don't know if I'm ev... ADAM SANDLER
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GEORGE ORWELL For a creative writer possession of the 'truth' is less important than emotional sincerity. GEORGE ORWELL As I write, highly civilized human beings are flying overhead, trying to kill me. GEORGE ORWELL A family with the wrong members in control; that, perhaps, is as near as one can come to describing ... GEORGE ORWELL One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes a revolution in ... GEORGE ORWELL To an ordinary human being, love means nothing if it does not mean loving some people more than othe... GEORGE ORWELL War against a foreign country only happens when the moneyed classes think they are going to profit f... GEORGE ORWELL All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are ... GEORGE ORWELL The aim of a joke is not to degrade the human being, but to remind him that he is already degraded. GEORGE ORWELL I've been to L.A. before, and I love the sunshine and the fact that people seem so genuinely nic... HELEN GEORGE Working hard is very important. You're not going to get anywhere without working extremely hard. GEORGE LUCAS I had very little fear about it, but basically, my straight friends talked me out of it. I think the... GEORGE MICHAEL Did you ever get the feeling that the world was a tuxedo and you were a pair of brown shoes? GEORGE GOBEL When I see an actual flesh-and-blood worker in conflict with his natural enemy, the policeman, I do ... GEORGE ORWELL I admit, too, that I felt a kind of horror as I looked at the people I was marching among. You canno... GEORGE ORWELL Within certain limits, it is actually true that the less money you have, the less you worry. GEORGE ORWELL The stars are a free show; it don’t cost anything to use your eyes GEORGE ORWELL It is curious how people take it for granted that they have a right to preach at you and pray over y... GEORGE ORWELL It is a feeling of relief, almost of pleasure, at knowing yourself at last genuinely down and out. Y... GEORGE ORWELL Then the face of Big Brother faded away again and instead the three slogans of the Party stood out i... GEORGE ORWELL