Quotes About Inspiration

I asked a lot of my artist friends and just friends in general what their favorite albums of all time were. I made this massive list and I just listened to all of them, all the way through.

When I was acting for the first time in 'Squid Game,' I listened to a lot of music. I listened to a lot of music by Sanulrim, Yoo Jae-Ha and Kwang-seok. In particular, I listened to the song 'Reminiscence' by Sanulrim a bunch. Listening to that song assisted me emotionally.

Music has been there for me. Whether good or bad, it's the way that I process experience. As a listener and as a writer.

I used to consider the listener. But now I'm in a space where, if I'm not inspired, I can't really do the music. I can't feel it.

Sometimes, when you get into a record, it's like writing a book, and you get so far inside the story you can't tell anymore if it's gonna be good to an outside listener.

I really believe that a good decorator is a good listener. So the inspiration always is the people that are living in that home.

The part that I loved about radio wasn't getting on the air - it was all this great stuff my listeners would tell me.

I haven't said this yet, but my goal for this 'Beautiful' album is not to say, 'I'm beautiful,' or, 'OK, I'm so cool.' This is, honestly, an album written for the listeners.

I wanted to make somebody feel like Coltrane made me feel, listening to it.

I've been listening to a lot of music by Arca.

I don't see myself as a leader, I just feel that everything I say, people are listening and people are doing.

My dad was always playing music. Not, like, playing music but listening to music.

Usher is definitely somebody I came up listening to.

I really love listening to Hozier. He's great.

I grew up listening to old soul.

I'm always listening to music; I can't live without it.

I love making lists.

There is no such thing as an artist - only the world, lit or unlit, as the world allows.

Seeing how kids lit up when they were creating things made me think of what would be the ultimate platform for our imagination.

I don't ever get too literal.

I literally cannot work without music.

I actually had a week where I literally wrote four songs and all of them are on my album. But sometimes you'll go a week where you'll write songs and they never see the light of day. So that process takes a long time.

I think that writers of literary fiction would do well to read more books for children.

I guess I'm drawn to artists and literary people and want to learn about them.