Quotes About Inspiration

I love reading. I've had the chance to meet some of my favorite authors, that's been really cool.

I wouldn't say that my songs are autobiographical.

All of my songs are autobiographical.

Though my stories aren't autobiographical, I do sometimes use things from my life.

I am not an autobiographical writer.

I would like to do something autobiographical, set to music. I don't know how I'm going to do it, but I'm going to try.

My books aren't autobiographical.

A first building is like a first novel, it is always autobiographical.

All of my plays are deeply autobiographical. But it's not straight autobiography.

My father always told me I should be a writer, and I found I loved writing my autobiography; writing is such an interesting process.

I thought it would be more interesting to make a musical autobiography than an actual autobiography.

My second book will be the autobiography of Destiny's Child.

Many of us forget who we were before we became cricketers. I remember how hard I tried to get an autograph when I was young.

I never wanted to take autographs, always wanted to give them. To do this, you have to achieve something.

I think reading is one of the greatest forms of magic available to us on the planet. Reading is so important.

The sound world that I created for 'Avatar' had to be very different, really, than anything I ever created before. There is also three hours of music.

I'm just making 'Threadworlds' out of the things I love and that I'm passionate about learning. When we created 'Avatar,' Michael DiMartino and I did the same thing.

It's all about music, because music is basically what's... been my avenue out of maybe being involved in things I shouldn't be.

I look to films to learn and to see different avenues that you can take in growing up.

On an average day, I spend 12 hours listening to music. Very little writing.

I never thought I could make it big. I was just a cashier. I didn't want to be just another average person, but all I had was some dreams.

I think there's no way of avoiding the South African or African influence from coming into my music, just because I spent 19 years of my life there. Being a kid, my early musical experiences were there.

I feel the first award any artist can have is his audience.

Divinity. That's what I'm trying to get at, in everything I write.