Quotes About Inspiration

I'm a commercial artist, both in music and art.

You should get the feeling you should move. That's what is meant when people say the music moves me.

As much as I love music, in my mind, photography is what makes me the happiest - that's for sure.

Wilderness. The word itself is music.

Music is another way of thinking, or maybe thinking is another kind of music.

I keep my ear to the streets - that's how I know music. I live, breathe, eat, and sleep music. That's it. Nothing else.

The direction for my music is heaven, of course. We gear all things to the realm of heaven - which is the mind, the organized mind.

I am the maker of music, the dreamer of dreams!

I make music because of the love and joy of it and I try to make music to take you to a feel-good place and remind you that maybe there's a brighter day.

I don't have a hand in a lot of my own beats. I like all types of music and all types of beats though.

Music, of all the liberal arts, has the greatest influence over the passions, and it is that to which the legislator ought to give the greatest encouragement.

I'm not trying to overcome my father or fill his shoes or reach any kind of level that he did. We're talking about a [Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart] of rock music.

Billy Joel is an incredible musician. He just feels like one of the guys, you know. I grew up listening to his music.

An artist should write for himself & not for an audience. If the audience likes it, great. If not, they can keep away.

When I'm in my normal mood, music drips from my fingers.

The blues has been the foundation of all other American music since the beginning.

I think good music makes you feel free, and if people feel free when they come to a show or listen to my music, that would mean the world to me.

With a good melody... music gets me through everything.

My goal is to connect with people emotionally. I take life's experiences and translate them into music — music that hopefully creates an impact on the listener.

I'm one of those people who sort of feeds on music.

Once the music gets in you, it doesn't leave you.

I can look at a fine art photograph and sometimes I can hear music.

I'd forgotten what it was like to play music and have it be fun so I decided to stop. I wasn't even sure if I was going to make a new record, I was just kinda quitting.

It was Elvis who really got me hooked on beat music. When I heard 'Heartbreak Hotel' I thought, this is it.