Quotes About Inspiration

We know that creative people have all sorts of demons.

I have always felt that art, especially music, is but a demonstration of God.

I write songs for the same reasons most artists write songs -because I have to, whatever that means. Because I want to talk about myself or have demos that need to be sent off. I like doing it. It's my job and I like doing it. For the most part, it's pretty easy for me.

I've been making demos at home for many albums now. So over those years, I've learned how to record music, and I love being at home. I excel when I can make things at home.

I can't see why people call me a bad influence. I meet a lot of kids who are into music. I spend as much time as I can with them. I listen to their demos, and I'm encouraging.

I want to direct in Denmark. I married a writer; my best friend's a writer, so I always wanted to be a writer.

John Denver I listened to when I was in elementary school.

I could never deny myself bein' an artist.

All the best art and music feels like some type of truth - even if it's really simple - that you just can't deny. A listener can feel that.

There is no denying that working with international artistes gives the music a different feel.

I heard 'More Than A Feeling' for the first time when somebody came running into my office in the engineering department and said, 'Your song's on the radio in the drafting department!'

I liked the whole process of creating on set. It's almost like creating magic. The work that the camera guys are doing at the same time, the lighting... all of the people working in their departments to make one thing.

So, to come In with a set routine it's something I've never believed in. It should depend on how you feel, because you play what you feel.

My idea of putting the city on is giving inspiration to others to want to put themselves on. You should never depend on someone else to put you on. I used to do that, and it didn't get me anywhere.

I never wanted to be an actor. Because when you're an actor, you depend on other people to come to you with scripts. You can't create your own. Unless you are a Raj Kapoor, who was a producer-director.

Being an actor, we're so dependent on the writers.

I feel like, as an industry, we've gotten too dependent on source material originated in other mediums.

Music is like a lifeblood - it changes the way I move; it changes the way I feel about myself. The way I walk into the room is different depending on the song I was just listening to.

Depending on what's happening in the world, what music is coming out, what city I'm in, I do some research on a place I'm going to, get a feel for it, and maybe do something that would be special for that city.

India lends itself well to fictionalization, but ultimately, it all depends on the writer's imagination.

Your ability to shape your future depends on how well you communicate where you want to be when you get there. When ideas are communicated effectively, people follow and change.

Everything you do in life or experience in life gives inspiration for the creative process. But it also depends ultimately on what the consumer wants.

My livelihood depends on the art of animators.

What people don't understand is that how you are as an artist depends on how you are emotionally.