Quotes About Inspiration

My mom is a sculptress.

My mom was at every single game I played as a kid, rain or shine

My mom would have liked it that I patterned myself more after Jimmy Reed.

I always had an interest in fashion because my mom is a celebrity fashion stylist. I grew up being on set or in showrooms.

My biggest role model? Def my Mom and my sisters!

My mom just told me the lines, because I didn't know how to read yet. I copied them and that's what I did.

My parents are the people that led me here. My mom helped me learn to sing and she travels with me.

I grew up in the theater with my mom and that's how I knew I wanted to be an actor in the first place.

My hero is Michelle Williams, who I grew close to when we did 'Meek's Cutoff.' She's an extraordinary actor and mom.

My mom came from such humble beginnings and especially my dad as well. He didn't go to university.

Both my mom and my grandma were really big influences on me not only by being strong and teaching me to be strong but also owning their salt as well.

I think when you look at religion, you look at where Christianity came from. You know, my mom delved deeper into that. And she felt a deep connection.

I grew up in a difficult environment, but I became a Christian as a teen. My mom and my sister soon became Christians also.

My mom is a public school teacher and works with third grade students.

My mom is positive and optimistic.

My mom, she's from Ireland, coached tennis in Nigeria when she was a missionary and turned me on to it when I was young.

I think my mom and dad knew from the very beginning that I was destined to go into public service.

I listened to the radio, so I was influenced by everyone from Michael Jackson to Milli Vanilli. But thankfully my dad had a collection of Cat Stevens albums while my mom was listening to jazz.

I love to experiment with fashion. A lot of my inspiration comes from my mom. She is fearless with fashion! I love colors and anything daring.

The conception, composition, practice, and performance of a piece of music can blossom in a single moment.

Looking back, I think I was always musical. My dad was very musical, and I think my mom was musical.

Growing up, in church we had the homily; at home it's what I call the 'momily' - the inspirational and instructive mom-isms that every family has.

My mom used to ask me when I was gonna write a happy song. I still tell her that it's when I start to write really happy-sounding songs that everyone needs to start worrying.

My mom worked at [American] Vogue before I was born. She has always been fashion-minded. I grew up with original Yves Saint Laurent sketches on the wall in our house. A lot of that rubbed off on me.