Quotes About Inspiration

The music beckons to those who are listening.

Musicke doth withdraw our mindes from earthly cogitations, lifteth up our spirits into heaven, maketh them light and celestial.

Nothing could be more natural to me than writing music.

What I'm doing, I prefer to call that jazz, because it is a beautiful word - I love it.

I hope in general that my music allows somebody to follow what they really like doing.

Music is like creating an emotional painting. The sounds are the colors.

It's just seems life without music would be death.

Write even when the world is chaotic. You don't need a cigarette, silence, music, a comfortable chair, or inner peace to write. You just need ten minutes and a writing implement.

There's no new direction. It's not more poppy or more rocky. They're just rock'n'roll tunes. I'll never change the music I write.

O Black and unknown bards of long ago, How came your lips to touch the sacred fire?

There is something to mystery. You make up this entire world that you fit into because of what the actual music does to you.

But when I first fell in love with the piano, I knew it was me. I was dying to play.

What I have to say is all in the music. If I want to say anything, I write a song.

For they (art and music) are not the thing itself; they are only the scent of a flower we have not found, the echo of a tune we have not heard, news from a country we have never yet visited.

My deepest gratitude to the Creator for His gift to me...the joy I receive in creating my music.

Music is the 5th gospel.

Wherever the music comes from, if there is no focus behind it then it's just noise

Fashion intersects a lot with art and film and music, and that was appealing to me. I read a bunch of fashion blogs and wanted to be part of the community.

I'm very moved by Renaissance music, but I still love to play hard rock - though only if it's sophisticated and has some thought behind it.

I grew up in the country surrounded by music.

The music soars within the little lark, And the lark soars.

For whatever reason, not all people are born with the particular gift of being able to express ourselves through music. And, believe me, it is a gift.

You've got to make your own kind of music, sing your own special song, make your own kind of music, even if nobody else sings along.

I like to go into a little shell and be a hermit and make music for a while.