People need to be happy, and if a song makes them happy, that's cool. Derek Waters More Quotes by Derek Waters More Quotes From Derek Waters I dont want to be labeled one thing. My main thing I care about is being able to create the things I want to do with my friends, whatever platform that is. Derek Waters able care want You know when you're doing something right and when you're doing something wrong. As long as you feel like you're doing something right, and you're getting rewarded, then you're successful. But, if you're judging it on, Well, if I had that, I'd be successful - that doesn't work. I think doing what you love is success. Pretty cheesy. But it's true. Derek Waters successful love-is thinking You don't need money to go big. Derek Waters need-money bigs needs If you're younger, you shouldn't be spending all your cash at a bar. Derek Waters spending cash bars I do partake in a couple of drinks now and again, but I've never drank to feel alive. Derek Waters drink alive couple If life is too short, get off the floor at the hotel bar. How can you go big if you're on the floor? I don't understand it. Derek Waters life-is-too-short bars bigs When I was a kid, all I wanted to do was to be a musician. I lost everything I had, but I just knew that someday I'd be able to tell the world to 'go big or go home.' The world needs to know. Derek Waters musician home kids I get upset when people say Americans are stupid. Derek Waters upset stupid people There are so many songs that I hate. Derek Waters i-hate hate song I think if there's anything that can help fat kids get out of the house and anybody to move, it's a positive thing. Derek Waters kids moving thinking People have been sharing pictures of their food for as long as there's been caves. Derek Waters caves long people When you see a picture of a woolly mammoth on a cave wall, that's weirdly similar to a person's lasagna that they thought looked delicious. Derek Waters lasagna wall caves When you upload a picture of your delicious Caesar salad to Instagram, you don't realize that what you're doing is leaving a tiny little footprint that will be there forever. This seems to be a human impulse. Derek Waters leaving forever littles With any video you see online, like with YouTube, you gotta watch an ad, and that's gotta stop. And I think it'll stop by...the shitty network shows they put out will just have the ads in the shows. The characters will be eating Cheetos or whatever. Derek Waters character watches thinking I think there's gonna be three networks, and then the rest will be Internet-based, and Amazon is gonna be huge and one of the networks. This is so serious. Ha. But really, you see it happening right now. You can see the shifts. Derek Waters amazon three thinking Just because you "liked" my picture, doesn't mean you shouldn't call me and ask me how I'm doing. You know what's funny? If you ever owe someone a call, and it's something you're trying to avoid, notice how many times they "like" your photos until you call them back. It's an alarm, and people abuse that. They know you can see that. They know you'll see their name. Derek Waters names mean people One of the biggest problems with the Internet: people thinking they know something or are participating in or experiencing something when they aren't. Or, how people think they are staying in touch with their friends by "liking" their pictures. Derek Waters experiencing-something people thinking The more difficult question for me is, do you remain successful for what you had done? I don't know. I think success is in your own eyes. But, I don't really want to ever feel like I've achieved success. Because then I'd be spoiled. I want to feel like I need to keep doing more. Maybe I get "content," "settled," and "success" confused. I never want to settle, but I would love to be content. Derek Waters confused eye successful People are proud to be from Baltimore. In any industry you work in, you need support to survive. And this city has that support for anyone who was born here or lived here. And it also gives you the feeling, 'Oh, I stand for this place. And if I do something I'm not proud of, I might not make my town proud.' And I want to make Baltimore proud. Derek Waters city you work people I like discovering stories where I'm laughing and I'm learning. It's like, 'How was I never taught that in school?' Derek Waters never like learning school
