Quotes About Inspiration

'Zara Thehro' stemmed from a thought of marrying two separate thoughts - musical and conceptual.

I love conceptual art and artistic expression.

As far as I'm concerned, the entire reason for becoming a writer is not having to get up in the morning.

I understand that a lot of girls feel encouraged by what I have been able to do, but I've never felt like I'm a role model. I'm not concerned with building a great legacy or anything because I'll be dead so it won't matter.

Ever since I was little, I was so infatuated with everything concerning the arts.

A lot of what we sing concerns the Brazilian way of life. The stuff I write is reality, everything I see. That's the stuff I want to sing about.

The first concert I saw was Cheryl Wheeler.

My mom took me to a Dolly Parton concert when I was 3.

Maybe you're going to a concert thinking you're not going to hear anything but music. But you may walk away from there with an answer to a problem that you're carrying around with you that you didn't think you were going to hear about.

You know, kids come to see me in the same way that their parents would go to see a rock concert.

I grew up in the '80s, and there was no bigger group than New Edition in R&B. I broke my piggy bank so me and my mom could go to a New Edition concert together.

I always feel like out of every session that I do, whether it's a record session or even a concert, I like to think that there was something in there that I didn't do before. That's my goal.

The first concert I ever saw was Roy Orbison.

Kids started coming to my concert, and I realized that I had sense of responsibility.

Why do people compose music? Why do people listen to music? When we go into a concert, we go into a place where we want to experience a sort of ecstasy, to come out of ourselves.

My first concert was Third Eye Blind.

One of the most rewarding things is meeting someone after a concert who has never been to a concert before. It is incredibly rewarding when they say, 'This is my first classical concert.' It is really exciting for everyone.

I went to a Buddy Guy concert when I was, like, seven years old.

George Clinton was my first concert ever.

Do you know that my very first experience as a composer was a 'Concerto for Accordion?'

I worked with Snoop, but I would love to work with him again, but DMX... I would love to work with him as well... I met him in Atlanta; I went to one of his concerts; I would love to do a song with him. I respect him and really like his music.

I open all my concerts with 'My Backpages,' written by Bob Dylan, and close them all with 'May the Road Rise to Meet You,' written by Roger McGuinn and Camilla McGuinn.

Whenever I do my concerts, I try to do master classes or students.

As long as I can write songs, make a record and do concerts, I'm really quite happy.