Russ Quotes Page 2

“Music is an intangible embodiment of ideas that can permeate a room in this beautiful harmony of emotion and sound. It can fill space and enter bodies and minds. It can transport people too. My body is certainly not in the room while you are listening to my songs, and yet I am. Making music is a kind of manifesting.”

“Music is the lens through which I see the world. I express my truth through my music. Music is one of the most pure examples of a higher power. You can’t touch music. It’s a feeling. Music is the soul stripped away from the body, in audio format. When you record music, you transcend your body. It is an example of manifesting—bringing something into existence using what’s in your head.”

“My confidence, or cockiness (whatever you want to call it), isn’t fueled by a sense of superiority and it isn’t based on my success. Yes, I believe I’m great, but I believed that when I was a kid making shitty music in my basement—that’s how I got to where I am today. I’m successful because I am confident, not the other way around.”

“Of course, you have to be proactive and put in the work, but when you tap into your own potential winning is just natural.”

“Often people dimiss their own intuition because of fear.”

“On the other side of adversity is strength.”

“Passion and self-belief are paramount to any endeavor. Your success is directly related to your self-belief.”

“People tend to talk about all the things that are going to happen in the future. They say, I’m going to be successful, or I’m going to be a big artist. That’s a mistake. When you set your achievement in the future, you are already putting it off. The future never comes. It will always remain the future, and you will always remain chasing it and waiting for it. You need to say, I am successful. You need to believe that so deeply that you are just waiting for the world to catch up.”

“Put yourself into the life that you want. Close your eyes and surround yourself with whatever you are manifesting. Immerse yourself in that moment. More important than what it looks like, embrace what it feels like.”

“Self-belief is what makes you think you can run the race in the first place. However, to cross the finish line, you have to perform alchemy. You have to transmute that conjured belief into action.”

“The danger of having your dreams deferred lies in self-doubt. Dreams drowning in self-doubt will remain trapped on the ocean floor until your self-belief decides to rescue them. If what’s in your head is negativity, you are tying cement blocks to your own feet. Doubt blooms like algae, and insecurity will lock you in your own cage. You have the key.”

“The journey starts and ends with you — Keep the faith.”

“The same things that make up stars make up us. We are all connected to the energy of a higher power so, in essence, having faith in the universe, or god, or whatever you want to call it is having faith in yourself and vice versa.”

“The secret is being able to ride out the time between when you’re the only one who believes that what is in your head is actually going to come to fruition, and the moment when it actually does. That period is when everything can go left. It can make the most confident mind doubtful. That’s where you lose.”

“The what-ifs will torment you. The oh, well will free you.”

“There are three essential qualities required for turning your real life into your dream life: delusion, persistence, and gratitude.

Delusion will give you faith when there is absolutely nothing in your present life that indicates you should believe. It is absolutely all in your head.

Persistence will provide strength to keep going.

Gratitude allows you to appreciate all that you have and the achievement of your goals, both small and large.”

“There is nothing that’s impossible.”

“There's no ceiling. It's all in your head.”

“To win, you need to get out of your own way.”

“Trust the what.
F*ck the when.
Never forget the why.”

“What we fill our heads with holds real power. Positive thoughts, affirmations, and a vivid, visceral feeling about what you want will put you on the wavelength to perform the magic trick: turning nothing into something.”

“What you think about, you bring about. The positive energy generated by your gratitude will yield more blessings, and you will see that your dream will continually unfold.”

“Whatever that thing is that takes you to a higher level, that connects you to the best possible version of yourself, that helps you live purposefully – that's your passions.”

“You decide whether to be your greatest obstacle or your biggest fan.”

“You don’t lose to your competitor or to your industry, or your boss – you lose to yourself.”

“You have to be delusional to even start, let alone to keep going. You have to be the first person who thinks that you’re going to achieve what you have set out to do.”

“You must work in the dark for your light to shine. Take it day by day. This is a race, yes, but not against anyone or anything else except your own doubt.”

“Your succes is directly related to your self belief.”

“Your thoughts hold weight in the universe.”

“Everybody is a star. Some just don't know how to shine.”