Listening to music for me is like homework. Music will give me enjoyment, but as soon as it's giving me that enjoyment, I want to analyse it, and then it becomes work. Why does it sound like that? How?... then I dissect it.
— Steve Winwood
When I was 16 and wanted to be an actor, people told me to go work at the supermarket.
— Steve Valentine
I tell young entrepreneurs to use the leader in their industry and as a benchmark as they work to create their own brand. Don't look at what your competition is doing - if you emulate the leader in your industry, you will achieve a higher level of engagement with consumers and make their buying experience richer.
— Steve Stoute
I believe that being dependent makes you more vulnerable. I believe work is the greatest gift you will ever receive.
— Steve Southerland
I would find it difficult to be involved in an effort that I think disenfranchises people from a fundamental right. How do you work with people who are opposed to marriage equality? I don't want to do it.
— Steve Schmidt
You gotta get into some confrontations sometimes to get the right result on the floor, but I think the bulk of our membership wants us to work out problems before a bill comes to the floor.
— Steve Scalise
In 1972, there was still a New York City law prohibiting women there from 'furnishing refreshments to the audience or spectators at any place of public amusement.' That's right: Until the law was repealed in 1977, it was technically illegal for women to work as popcorn vendors in Madison Square Garden.
— Steve Rushin
A race is a work of art that people can look at and be affected in as many ways they're capable of understanding.
— Steve Prefontaine
I'm no spring chicken. The same arthritis that ate up my left hip that finally got replaced hasn't stopped there... And touring is a lot of work. I'm impressed when I see people like Eric Clapton out there. Gee whiz, Eric, give me a break! I know it's gotta hurt somewhere.
— Steve Perry
My ideal day would be to get a good work out in, listen to music, talk to my family and friends on the phone, read and go to a good movie.
— Steve Nash
I played American football, but I did my best work with baseball.
— Steve Miller
I was reading an article in the 'New York Times;' it talked about being in the zone, and being in the zone you're so focused that time ceases to exist. It's when you think, 'Oh, I've been doing this for five hours and didn't even know it.' It's the difference between hard work and going, '12 o'clock, not moving.'
— Steve Martin
I'd like to work with Damien Hirst.
— Steve Madden
I've seen guys come along with more ability - they've been faster or bigger or stronger - but they never worked hard to develop themselves. Sometimes I've wondered what I could have done with their talent. On the other hand, the tag that I was too small and slow made me work hard.
— Steve Largent
You can work on the saxophone alone, but ultimately you must perform with others.
— Steve Lacy
We'd go out in Larry's hippie van and drive out all around Dallas. He loved Chinese food, he'd go in and say. Remember me Major Nelson, me and my friends here are making this show called Dallas, have you got a table for us? It would work every time.
— Steve Kanaly
There is nothing like visiting a facility to get a sense of how companies work.
— Steve Jurvetson
In some respects I'm quite easily led, so I have to make sure I've got my own space, and that I feel comfortable in my working environment. It's very important for me to work with the right collaborators, as I can easily get led into a corner where I'm not comfortable.
I work in film, TV, commercials and do live PR stunts for companies. A lot of my time is spent reading scripts and looking at designing sequences, speaking to directors and producers about how they want the sequences to look, how they will work and budgeting those stunts.
— Steve Truglia
I've actually cut my personal pay individually; we didn't vote on that, but I've done that individually. It's important that folks know that we're going to roll up our sleeves and work on things, and members of Congress are going to sacrifice our own budgets first.
— Steve Stivers
Work is life. Work is opportunity.
At the end of the day, I'm really proud of the work I did to help kids get an equal opportunity, and a lot of them have.
I've been very proud of a lot of the work I've done in New Orleans.
Cinderella is older than she lets on. She's ancient. She's had work done. The Disney film was based on Charles Perreault's French story 'Cendrillon,' published in 1697.
I'm going to work so that it's a pure guts race at the end, and if it is, I am the only one who can win it.
For me to make a living acting silly for as long as I can get away with it, I think the most viable way to make that happen is to evolve into more traditional comedy. I've really been putting in the work.
— Steve-O
The fans in Dallas were hard on me my first year, but after having a great year last year they are now supporting me. It feels great to have my hard work pay off, especially when the fans made it hard for me.
I've been blessed to work with so many wonderful musicians and engineers and friends over the years.
Theories, for me, are just about freeing your mind. It doesn't mean the theory is going to work like a scientific theory works. It's about freeing your mind and making you think a different way.
I thought that you had to work, work, work and try to be the best musician you could, and that's the only way you could make it. Then it turns out, halfway through the scene, they change the rules on you!
— Steve Lukather
The tag that I was too small and too slow just made me work that much harder. Besides, quickness is more important than flat-out speed. How often does a receiver run 40 yards straight down the field? Not very often. Lateral speed is what counts. How quickly can you get in and out of a cut? I can do that as well as anyone.
Circumstances can be very important. Find the right people to work with.
It was far more fun than work doing those shows for all those years, we all loved each other and loved going to work, we all understood how fortunate we were to be in that place, to have achieved that success worldwide.
In manufacturing, too much work is beyond repetitive - it is inhumane. The people doing this work aren't doing it because they want to - they are doing it because they have families to feed and clothe.
I'm a big believer in personal responsibility. My life wasn't always peaches and roses. Where I am today is through a belief in hard work and never saying no.
— Steve Wilkos
If I've written five pages by hand, out of those five pages, one page might be worth saving. The rest is crap. I have to throw it away. It's like I need eight hours to do two hours' work.
— Steve Toltz
Down where I grew up, able-bodied people do that which we believe God created them to do. Work is a blessing; it's not a curse.
It's gratifying to work for somebody who doesn't measure accomplishment by the temporary state of public-opinion polls.
When you get into this line of work, you're in public office, you expect you're gonna have cheap shots taken at you. That's part of the process.
There are going to be times when we disagree with our leadership, but ultimately, we've got to work hard to pull our leadership to the right and to move a conservative agenda forward and unite as conservatives if we're going to get things done.
When people go to a track meet, they're looking for something, a world record, something that hasn't been done before. You get all this magnetic energy, people focusing on one thing at the same time. I really get excited about it. It makes me want to compete even more. It makes it all worthwhile, all the hours of hard work.
Session work is not a steady thing at all. You do eight of them in one week and then go three months without any. That's the way it really is.
— Steve Porcaro
In the preseason, in the month of October, I work out almost every day, lifting weights for 20 or 30 minutes, and then during the season I usually lift weights twice a week, sometimes a little more.
We are going to have an integrated plan and work closely between commerce and treasury to make sure that we drive growth in this country. Our number one priority is sustained 3-4% GDP.
— Steve Mnuchin
From the minute I became aware of Jimmie Vaughan and his playing, he was one of my very favorites. So I made it my business to meet him and become friends with him - to work with him and record some of his material.
When your hobbies get in the way of your work - that's OK; but when your hobbies get in the way of themselves... well.
I got to work with legendary people.
I think leadership is more than just being able to cross the t's and dot the i's. It's about character and integrity and work ethic.
Before the work comes to you, you have to invent work.
Lots of deals happen in situations that aren't 'pure work.'
