Quotes About Inspiration

The doom of a nation can be averted only by a storm of flowing passion, but only those who are passionate themselves can arouse passion in others.

A lot of times when you're making a record, you put your head down and charge forward until you're done. You just hope that the ideas hold up, because you're kind of lost in your own storm.

Dad was that one person who, no matter what he did in life, he just took it by storm, and he was so passionate and just really lived in the moment. Whatever the opposite of a procrastinator is, that was him... and I think I kind of inherited a little bit of that.

We have a lot of raw talent hidden in this country capable of taking on the world dance stage by storm.

Dave Cockrum's work at Marvel and DC defined my childhood and inspired me to be a comic book creator. Without Dave, there is no New 'X-Men' resurgence, there is no Colossus, Storm, Nightcrawler, Lilandra, Star Jammers, or the Imperial Guard. His influence on generations of fans cannot be measured.

I wanted to write a book like a rapper would write it - I didn't want to hold back. Rappers catch a lot of slack; I'm not going to be cursing up a storm, but when I look at Nas... his first album is one of my favorites. I want to tell stories like that.

I didn't want to crash into the ocean, but from watching Han Solo navigate an asteroid field to watching movies like 'Perfect Storm,' it would always kind of get my adrenaline up, and I knew it was something I wanted to do.

I remember trying to turn one of my Barbies into Storm, and I melted her hair off.

You know, another jazz drummer, Ed Thigpen, who played with Oscar Peterson way back - it was the first time I ever heard rivets in a cymbal. And then I heard that Chico Hamilton had them too, and I went, 'Oh, that's it. I'm taking that for my sound.' And it worked well on 'Riders On The Storm,' so that's one thing.

Storms and darkness scared me, but somehow it encouraged me to learn about nature and I think nothing's dark, dark is beautiful too.

For me the rehearsal period is the part I most enjoy. It's the creating of the story.

I hope my story inspires everyone out there to keep hustling and chasing their dreams.

America loves a good comeback story!

Don't forget, you are the hero of your own story.

I believe that the best cameraman is one who recognizes the source, the story, as the basis of his work.

Nothing splendid was ever created in cold blood. Heat is required to forge anything. Every great accomplishment is the story of a flaming heart.

You see something, then it clicks with something else, and it will make a story. But you never know when it's going to happen.

Honestly, my goal is just to let people hear my story and just like, feed everybody that could relate to my story in any way.

Like the greats, you want to make your own story yourself, and not be a copy of another.

I've never read Joseph Campbell, and I don't know all that much about story archetypes.

I really don't look up to anybody that is doing that great in life, because I don't know their story.

My story is endless. I put in a teletype roll, you know, you know what they are, you have them in newspapers, and run it through there and fix the margins and just go, go - just go, go, go.

I think that we need mythology. We need a bedrock of story and legend in order to live our lives coherently.

'Can You See' is a beautiful song that follows a story of the star. It's a very inspirational song.