"We all dream a lot - some are lucky, some are not. But if you think it, want it, dream it, then it's real. You are what you feel"
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The quote’s pivot is the most theatrical move: "But if you think it, want it, dream it, then it's real". Rice isn’t arguing that fantasies materialize on command; he’s arguing that interior life counts as a form of reality, because it dictates behavior. In songwriting terms, belief is the engine that turns a private ache into an external action, a chorus, a leap. The subtext is pragmatic: you can’t control luck, but you can control commitment. Dreaming becomes a rehearsal for becoming.
"You are what you feel" is the closer, and it lands because it refuses the tidy comfort of "you are what you do". Feelings here aren’t indulgent; they’re identity-forming. For an artist, emotion is labor. For everyone else, it’s a reminder that the most consequential thing in the room is often the story in your head - the one that decides what risks you take, what you tolerate, and what you dare to call possible.
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Rice, Tim. (2026, January 16). We all dream a lot - some are lucky, some are not. But if you think it, want it, dream it, then it's real. You are what you feel. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/we-all-dream-a-lot-some-are-lucky-some-are-not-84608/
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Rice, Tim. "We all dream a lot - some are lucky, some are not. But if you think it, want it, dream it, then it's real. You are what you feel." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/we-all-dream-a-lot-some-are-lucky-some-are-not-84608/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"We all dream a lot - some are lucky, some are not. But if you think it, want it, dream it, then it's real. You are what you feel." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/we-all-dream-a-lot-some-are-lucky-some-are-not-84608/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.










