Quotes About Inspiration

Any form of classical music is made for youth.

For me, it's classical music I started with and I admire Jacqueline du Pre.

I love classical music. It's my stabiliser.

My songs are classics.

A Socrates in every classroom.

A classroom setting for me was an audience.

I was the only kid reading guitar magazines at the back of the classroom.

My parents never ceased to struggle, but in witnessing their lives, I learned more about natural industry and leadership than in any classroom.

I think that education is something - it takes place in the classroom. It's all up to that teacher. We should be respecting and rewarding teachers.

Find a group of friends that are going to push you and want you to do better whether it's in the classroom or on the court.

I love Blake Lively. She's one of my favorite actresses, and she's got a really classy and beautiful look. She's somebody that I really look up to and follow.

I want to be the Cassius Clay of snooker. Cassius is the greatest at boxing and that's what I mean to be at snooker.

My mom's the one I look up to for everything. I feel like I'm a lump of clay and she's moulding me into a woman.

Bring in the bottled lightning, a clean tumbler, and a corkscrew.

I can't write if someone else is in the house, not even the cleaning woman.

If I get writer's block - this is going to sound funny - I take a shower. Something about the water feels like I'm cleaning my brain as well as my body.

Cleanliness is the scourge of art.

Me and Rakim were always clear that we were rivals.

And every friend I've got has been writing Mars stories. It was pretty clear I'd never catch up.

You could make a film out of just about anything so long as there is a clear vision about the story.

It was great that Cruyff believed in me so much when I was taken on at Ajax. As a coach, Cruyff also had a clear vision, which enabled him to create a better team.

I think my music has connected with the audience because I always have a clear vision about my songs.

I didn't know I wanted to go into entertainment, but I knew I wanted to be on stage when I was about seven. I saw a play, like most kids do, at a children's theater in Cleveland, and I just saw them up there, and I thought, 'that's where I want to be.'

I'm trying to be the Dr. Dre of Cleveland.