Quotes About Inspiration

I loved reading when I was young. I was just completely taken by stories. And I remember taking that into English literature at school and taking that into Shakespeare and finding that opened up a whole world of self-expression to me that I didn't have access to previously.

I never liked my father. He really was a dullard and misanthrope. My mother and he were married for 22, years and it was an ill match. She encouraged me to be a writer. She opened her home to black friends, and this was the 1950s. She didn't care later when I write about her.

Ginger Baker was never my favorite, but he was part of the group Cream that opened the door to what we did. They were the first band to really get into improvisation. They were an absolute necessity to what came later.

I've always defended Shania. She not only opened doors; she knocked several down.

Robert Whittaker has really opened eyes, look what he's doing.

'I Get Around' came on one day. I'd never heard the Beach Boys before. The sound was so fresh to me. That was the first time when I truly was gripped by the power of music. It opened my eyes to the heights that music can achieve.

I just happened to be Latino, and like any artist, I was trying to forge a career. If I opened doors for others, that's great, but nobody starts out with those aspirations.

Before, I just don't think we knew how much music was out there; now with MySpace, it's really opened it up. Filmmakers have so much more choice.

Listening to A. R. Rahman as a five-year-old opened my mind to a whole new set of creative dimensions.

I had heard Ornette a couple of times, but I didn't really know where he was coming from until we started the record and it was beautiful, Fred. It opened up my mind.

Before I left, I opened a lot of doors for a lot of people to play the blues.

I don't have this obsessive need to do street art all the time because it's already opened doors for me.

Working on 'Girls' opened up a lot of opportunity for me. It's like a dream job. It's a dream.

One of my first big shows, I opened up for Chris Brown; I was about 10 years old, and Chris Brown was just big; he still is one of my idols now.

I think the first person who kind of broke my mind was probably Jimi Hendrix. Listening to him opened my mind up to where you can take music and how far you can take rock n' roll.

Dylan's relationship with Johnny Cash was the biggest influence on Nashville in my lifetime - they opened up country music.

It takes a lot of work to be a great mother, a great daughter, and a great friend. All those things take effort, and I think, after having my daughter, she opened up this fearlessness within me, and I'm setting an example for her.

Acting opened me up.

Jennifer Lopez, she opened so many doors for Latinas such as myself.

I have a chart for success at school because it gave me a great deal of pleasure. It opened my mind to the world. I learned to read.

'Fifty Shades' opened the door and made it easier to write about any issue that's controversial. It has helped other authors talk honestly.

'Dragons' Den' and 'The Apprentice' have opened people's eyes to what they can do.

'Housewives' opened the door for me for people to listen.

'Slumdog Millionaire' has truly opened newer avenues for India.