#grit

I don't have stylistic loyalty. That's why people perceive me changing all the time. But there is a real continuity in my subject matter. As an artist of artifice, I do believe I have more integrity than any one of my contemporaries. ↗

— David Bowie

#artifice #artist #believe #changing #contemporaries

All musicians start out with ideals but hanging on to them in the face of media scrutiny takes real integrity. Tougher still is to live up to the ideals of your dedicated fans. ↗

— Billy Bragg

#face #fans #hanging #ideals #integrity

Live with integrity, respect the rights of other people, and follow your own bliss. ↗

— Nathaniel Branden

#follow #integrity #live #other #own

Sticking with a marriage. That's true grit, man. ↗

— Jeff Bridges

#man #marriage #sticking #true

Integrity has no need of rules. ↗

— Albert Camus

#need #rules

It was 1988, I believe, that I met Grit. We were both appearing in a Canadian Folk Festival and as we sat backstage he handed me his guitar. I played it, loved it, and then found out that he'd made it himself. ↗

— Tom Chapin

#backstage #believe #both #canadian #festival

You just have to stand and grit your teeth and know your poll numbers are going to go down - and mine have - but you gotta grit through it because the alternative is unacceptable. ↗

— Chris Christie

#because #down #go #going #gotta

Tragedy in life normally comes with betrayal and compromise, and trading on your integrity and not having dignity in life. That's really where failure comes. ↗

— Tom Cochrane

#comes #compromise #dignity #failure #having

Actors say they do their own stunts for the integrity of the film but I did them because they looked like a lot of fun. ↗

— Steve Coogan

#did #film #fun #i #integrity

If you speak your mind and if it is true what you're saying, then I think the integrity of what you're saying carries through. ↗

— Bill Cosby

#i #i think #integrity #mind #saying