logo

Quotes About Inspiration

Play always as if in the presence of a master.
~ Robert Schumann
Mozart is the incarnation of music.
~ Joseph Haydn
Music connects with the soul. I think it's the quickest art form to the soul.
~ Chris Tomlin
What came to me as a revelation was the use of rhythm in developing an overall structure in music.
~ Philip Glass
There's no drug in the world that can compare with playing music.
~ Pete Doherty
Music saved my life and music saves me still...
~ Alice Herz-Sommer
Roaming through the jungle of "Ohs" and "Ahs", searching for a more agreeable noise, I live a life of primitivity with the mind of a child and an unquenchable thirst for sharps and flats.
~ Duke Ellington
It's my dream to make music that can make people feel like they're flying
~ John Frusciante
Let your heart beat for music. Don't be a DJ for the wrong reasons, do it because you have a passion for it.
~ Jennifer Lee
We decided to start our own group because we were bored with everything we heard... Everything was 10th-generation Led Zeppelin... Overproduced, or just junk. We missed music like it used to be.
~ Joey Ramone
When you begin to see the possibilities of music, you desire to do something really good for people.
~ John Coltrane
Jimi Hendrix was the most exciting guitarist I've ever heard.
~ Brian Jones
I could compare my music to white light which contains all colours. Only a prism can divide the colours and make them appear; this prism could be the spirit of the listener.
~ Arvo Part
It's a great thing about being a musician; you don't stop until the day you die, you can improve. So it's a wonderful thing to do.
~ Marcus Miller
I don't know if music can change the world overnight but I know that music can help someone make it through a difficult night.
~ Michael Franti
The minute you think you're greater than the music, you're finished
~ Frankie Knuckles
There is music in all things, if men had ears.
~ Lord Byron
Songs are funny things. They can slip across borders. Proliferate in prisons. Penetrate hard shells. I always believed that the right song at the right moment could change history.
~ Pete Seeger
When you hear the music ringin' in your soul And you feel it in your heart and it grows and grows And it comes from the backstreet rock & roll and the healing has begun...
~ Van Morrison
To me,music is oxygen & I know that someday even if I can't sing,I can always continue listening to it.
~ Shreya Ghoshal
Music has given a voice to many generations, and I think we, as artists, can be a part of creating a better world.
~ Shakira
I took my lyre and said: come now, my heavenly tortoise shell: become a speaking instrument.
~ Sappho
Doctors can heal the body, but it is music that uplifts the spirit.
~ Mother Teresa
I believe that music is another form of news. Music is another form of journalism to me. So I have to cover all the areas.
~ Lil Wayne