Quotes About Inspiration

I'm just a feeble old man but I represent the spirit of speaking out.

I don't know that much about who directs what movies, but I'm definitely inspired by the look of old movies; I find them to be really beautiful.

When I'm writing fiction, I read nonfiction or biographies. Now I'm watching very old movies or old foreign films. I don't immerse myself in whatever's going on in whatever area I'm working in.

I watched a lot of old movies, and a lot of Carol Burnett and Andy Kaufman.

I've always had a thing for old movies, old Hollywood. I've always just loved watching Marilyn Monroe and Greta Garbo. In all of those old movies from the '40s and '50s, women put themselves together so well, with a little bit of drama and elegance. That was fascinating to me growing up.

I listen to old music, man.

I really like the grittiness of early Amon Tobin - I'm a huge fan of his old music, and I tried to borrow from it, not emulate it. I don't love my own original work.

I listen to a lot of old music, like Joni Mitchell and David Bowie.

If Hollywood is going to keep going, the writers need to be creatively fulfilled by creating their own things. We need to generate new ideas, so we're not always cannibalizing old ones.

When I was a child, I loved old people. My New Hampshire grandfather was my model human being.

Old people can make me cry. I worry about getting old, and old people inspire me to live life to the full.

I'm rather kind of old school, thinking that when an artist does his work, it's no longer his... I just see what people make of it.

Of course I'm schooled in the old school method: taking what I think the director wants, then reworking it through my own brain and heart.

I got an old school coach who's more of a teacher than a coach.

There's this Bruno Mars guy. I met him in Hawaii when was doing Elvis imitations at the age of about five or six years old. There's a lot of old school in him. He's got a depth that I just love.

I look up to a lot of old school drummers from the '70s, '80s, and '90s.

Growing up, watching the New Jersey Devils, I watched players like Ken Daneyko, Scott Stevens, Scott Niedermayer, old school players who respected the game.

I'm a bit of a Fleetwood Mac girl. I also think you can't beat a bit of old school Girls Aloud to get in the mood for going out.

I'm an old school cat. I'm a fan of Richard Pryor and also Redd Foxx.

I come from an old school of thought where there are musicians on stage, in the house, sitting and jamming to create things. I cannot make music without live instruments. It just doesn't feel right.

To passively get up and play a bunch of old songs wouldn't have really motivated us. So we are bringing the new material into the set and it goes down really well.

I was thinking about working with Lady Gaga, not 'Born This Way' but more her old stuff that she did with RedOne from her first album. I think that would be really fun - a cool combination.

I make music, I check the mix and if its right, Ill put it to bed and move on. The memories are all in your mind, I dont have time to look at old stuff.

I don't think the music that I do is nostalgic in any way; I don't think about going back to nice, old-fashioned music. I'm certainly influenced by old music, but I want to bring it slap-bang up to today.