Quotes About Inspiration

I love country songs. I love Broadway.

My sister is my biggest Broadway hero.

I used to watch the Broadway 'Les Miz' and study it.

If I were to talk to my younger self, I would say, 'Girl, you're gonna be on Broadway one day.' I sometimes think about my younger self knowing that and how ridiculously she's sobbing somewhere, so I would love to tell her that it's all going to happen.

There were songs I would write about breaking up with somebody before I broke up with them, months and months before I broke up with them.

For a lot of people, I was a below-average guy who broke through a wall.

I wrote a song about a guy who broke my heart, and it changed my whole world.

I think Gil Scott-Heron is a king. He's a brilliant, broken king.

So, I started teaching in 1999 in the South Bronx.

She's Jenny from the block! I love her music and her movies. And she goes back to where she grew up in the Bronx and gives back to the community.

Remy Ma is from the Bronx and I'm from the Bronx. The stories in her music are similar to what I've experienced.

Brooklyn is kind of my writer's retreat.

I want to be that guy that says I was one of the first guys to put a banner in Brooklyn.

No, I ain't a star - I'm just a kid from Brooklyn, living his dream.

'Another Brooklyn' came to me in this kind of dreamlike series of vignettes.

I was a huge Garth Brooks fan.

When I became a babyface again, I just had to turn the light on, brother.

I was 11 when I started boxing. My brother was fighting before I did, and he got me into it.

If I'm half as good a dad to my two kids as my dad has been to me and my brother and sister, my kids will be lucky.

I love the Smothers Brothers.

I had a great interest in sports. I had three older brothers who were great athletes. I was not.

My four older brothers were my favorite players. That's why I got into football and sports.

I'd like to do something with the Avett Brothers.

The Coen brothers are amazing; they're special.