Quotes About Inspiration

I take a lot of pride being a beacon of hope for people who haven't achieved what they wanted to achieve even though they've had to wait a very long time to do it.

I love to be a vessel through which characters can come through. And if I can move an audience with my work, then I've done my job.

The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.

If I can be some kind of vessel to show people that, no matter the hard time you experienced, you can still succeed, I want to put out that positive energy to never quit and never give up.

Beck said he didn't believe in the theory of a song coming through you as if you were an open vessel. I agree with him to a certain extent.

Can a secular artist be used as a vessel to bring souls to Christ? Of course... this is God we are talking about!

If you're an open channel when you're onstage, if you're just a vessel, things are going to come out that are stored away deep in your DNA.

I am not a person who just wants to be an actor. Do you know what I mean? I am an artist who wants to speak to people through his work: through his vessel.

I think that you can't help but bring pieces of who you are. No matter what you do, it comes through you as a vessel.

There's probably a couple someones that are gonna hear the songs and go, 'I think that might have been about me,' or, 'I know it's about me.' I do play that pretty close to the vest. I don't think I'm ever gonna write a song and drop somebody's name in it.

One of the things I'm adamant about as a bandleader is not micromanaging. I'm an advocate for the concept of allowing everyone to be fully vested in what they're doing, so everyone contributes whatever they're inspired to contribute.

As a kid I wanted to be a vet; I wanted to be an architect. I was and still am such a little geek.

The great players always have that one older player, that one vet they competed against who was older.

Besides a princess and a ballerina and a firefighter and a vet, I think I wanted to be an artist.

Being around veteran leaders such as CC Sabathia and Brett Gardner really helped me.

In para-cycling I am a veteran with Olympic medals now.

My father was a veteran and my mother a schoolteacher. They taught me the value of a good job and an honest day's work.

I never tried to emulate The Beatles, and I never really wanted to be like The Rolling Stones. I never really felt that I had the look or the demeanor of veteran musicians.

That's my job as a veteran in the league - to help make the young guys better.

Me being a veteran presence, I want to see all my guys be successful.

The fact that I can play with a lot of veterans is very good for me, a big motivation for me.

You always want to improve, learn from the veterans on the team.

The popular songs that were written in the 1920s and '30s, '40s and early '50s were written by veterans - mostly men who'd had experience in life. How can you write a lyric if you haven't really lived life?

For me, I'm always willing to help young guys, because veterans have helped me out.