Quotes About Inspiration

Reading allows me to recharge my batteries.

I think of the sun as my battery, my charger.

Batting with Dhoni is always a dream for me.

Finding my way into a novel is always half the battle.

You know, we never really know what we're going to write next. Which is part of the excitement when we go in and do a new album. No battle plan, we just go in and do it and what comes out, comes out.

I love 'Battles,' and I love what it's doing for people.

The Bay area made me who I am, and it only felt right to go back there.

I wouldn't be the person I am today without Roddy White. He's helped teach me how to be a man.

Being in New York has definitely intensified my desire to be different and individual.

It was almost like I gravitated toward the people who were encouraging me to be like myself and to be creative and be different.

I have to be creative to be happy.

As long as I'm writing stuff and people are reading it, I'll be happy.

I need to write to be happy.

I don't see how people are comfortable with seeing other people be great. You can be happy for anybody, but what is your excuse to not want to be great? These people are great because they just say, 'I'ma do that,' and they do it. That's it. There's no scientifical process.

I am trying to make the kind of film that I would be happy to see.

You can't write masterpieces in your 80s and be happy too.

For me, Domhnall is an acting teacher as much as anything. If I turn out to be half the actor he is, I'll be happy.

That would be nice, to become more of a leader in the team.

There's only a certain number of movies I'm going to get made, and it's important to me that they each be original somehow.

I don't try to be original; I just always want to do something that excites me.

I don't care what you're playing. You can be playing EDM music. Well, guess what? That came out in the early '80s. There's no way to be original. All you can do is put yourself into it and do the best you can.

I hope that the things that I sing about will be an inspiration for people to be original.

It's funny, man, sometimes you record something that you plan on re-doing later, but then when you listen back to it, you decide to keep it because you realize that it's gonna be real tough to beat!

I just want to be real and who I am. That's something I'd feel comfortable with any little girl looking up to, so that's who I try to be.