I don't take any shorts. I don't say, 'Okay, it's good enough.' I try to get exactly what I'm hearing in my head to the tape, and I won't let it move until then.
Dr. DreRead
Kids are the ultimate form of motivation. They're watching. They're mimicking. They're an extension of you. So you have to win.
Interpretation
Children inspire us to strive for success as they reflect our actions and values.
This quote by Dr. Dre emphasizes the influence children have on our behavior and aspirations. It suggests that as role models, we are motivated to succeed not only for ourselves but also for the sake of our children, who are observing and emulating us. The responsibility to set a positive example drives us to achieve our goals.
In practice
In a speech to parents about the importance of being a good role model.
I don't take any shorts. I don't say, 'Okay, it's good enough.' I try to get exactly what I'm hearing in my head to the tape, and I won't let it move until then.
In L.A., we listen to everything. If it's banging, it's banging - we don't care where it's from.
No matter what type of equipment you have, you still have to have a certain talent to be able to make a good record.
One of the first people that believed in me, the first person to invest in my talent, me and this guy used to argue all the time in the studio, but at the end of the day, we both realized that we were after the same goal, and that was to make great music. And I'm talking about Eazy-E.
I'm never gonna stop music, it's like air to me.
And even when I was close to defeat, I rose to my feet.
Our young people desperately want the chance to participate in and lead our nation's economic and cultural revival. They're up for the challenges that they're going to inherit. It only remains for us to present the path to address them.
Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow
When your failures surround you, and all the open doors have closed, look up. Thereβs a door that never closes, a way, when all the other ways have failed you.
And then he sank back and tried, as usual, not to think. He must succeed. That's what the world was made for. That's what he was made for. That was what he would have to do.
Failure is not the opposite to success, it's a stepping stone to success. If our primary goal is to be approved of, then we are not going to take risks, we are not going to speak out, we are going to try to blend in.
If you give up at the first sign of struggle, you're really not ready to be successful.
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