Quotes About Inspiration

Happy songs are very difficult to write. How many truly great upbeat songs are there?

I want to make a pop album - something more upbeat than my stuff was in the '90s.

The songs, if I write alone in a room, end up being a little more quiet, a little more subdued. If I play with other musicians or percussive instruments, it might end up being a little more upbeat.

Music is life. Music defines peoples' experience on this planet. Name one time in your life that wasn't punctuated by the music you listened to at the time. When people are down, they listen to music that commiserates that emotion. When people are amped up, they listen to more upbeat, loud songs.

I think for me, the thing that gets me in the right mindset is just watching something funny, something light, something that makes me feel good. Regardless of what it is - when you feel good, when you feel upbeat, creativity flows!

Always upbeat, always happy, always putting you in a good mood. That's what I want to achieve with my music.

I try to have all my songs relatable for my daughter in a fun and upbeat way that has a meaning.

Sully's' upbeat message is that we still need humans. It was the heroically human Sully who saved those people, not some cold equation written on a chalkboard.

It is really hard to write something high-energy and upbeat on acoustic guitar.

A lot of my strength came from my upbringing.

It was deeply important for me to understand where Mandela came from. Because we know where he was going, and that's a famous story, but who was he? Where did he come from? What was his upbringing?

There are many things in common with my life and my character in 'American Crime.' My upbringing has definitely helped me out in this role.

I owe my drive and determination to my upbringing, which instilled in me a set of values that make me who I am.

Storytelling was a way to see the world bigger than the one you were looking at, and that had great appeal for me. I think, since that was part of my upbringing, it became part of me, and I wanted to pass it along to my kids and my grandkids.

My upbringing involves individuals who helped me along the way. I don't think I would be here today without that support.

I don't come from a position that I am better than everybody; I come from a position that I had a tough upbringing. And I don't always highlight it, because I just never wanted to be that person with another rags to riches story.

My upbringing and my daily day-to-day struggles and emotions make up most of my music.

I think my sense of color I have got from my upbringing in Peru.

Hitch was interested in what I had to offer, like one of my background ideas for Norman's upbringing.

When I started soul-searching, I tapped into the old me and what I grew up around. I learned a lot about myself, and it really made me appreciate my upbringing.

The harshness of my upbringing did not affect me in the negative. But it has affected many people in the negative.

Bono is my inspiration - not only as a rock star but as a humanitarian. We aren't just put on this earth to sell records. Maybe it's because of my upbringing, but I do consider myself a moral guy.

I'm a free spirit and that definitely comes from my upbringing, so it's definitely shaped me as an artist.

People often ask me about my upbringing, and if there was anything particular about it that made me become a cartoonist.