Quotes About Inspiration

I think a lot of people came into rock n' roll to try to change the world. I came into rock n' roll to make music.

Music is what I love, take that away from me and I really got nothing.

Obviously, the music and lyrics are in me, but if I let myself get in my own way, I do. I empty out and let it come, and then the music spirits take over.

People have allowed me into their homes, through my words and my music.

I'm happy to write 10 times too much music.

I think people are just creative, and this can be expressed in a number of ways. Bob Dylan and David Bowie create both music and art.

If God came down here with the box that had the reason for living in it, I'd like to find just 2 words: The Music. That would be neat.

Remember the Bob Dylan rule: it's not just a record, it's a movement.

I think I always felt a connection to music and to movement. Growing up, I was surrounded by R&B and Hip-Hop, and the closest thing I could find to dance was gymnastics which I watched on TV.

I don't want to limit myself musically. It would be really limiting if we'd neglect something we really want to do, like explore other styles of music.

...music is the living God in our bosoms.

Music is, to me, proof of the existence of God.

In the presence of great music we have no alternative but to live nobly.

When I was confronted with official tuition, the academic thing, I could see no relationship whatever between that and the music I'd been writing since I was 11.

Just make music; don't talk about politics.

I consider music to be very sacred and I feel I'm blessed to be born with a talent which allows me to make the best of it.

I wanted to be great. And I loved Nashville, so that made it easy. I loved the music business. It made it easy for me to stay and make a life here.

Any band that is out there chasing it is doing more destruction to music then someone who is out there playing what they truly feel.

My music wouldn't sound the way it does if I hadn't had the experience of conducting.

I'm a pretty bad troubadour. I'm more of a music fan who got away with making records.

Ever since Two Daughters I've been composing my own music.

One often makes music to supplement one's world.

I liked your opera. I think I will set it to music.

Maybe in music you're making an auditory environment and maybe you change your environment around you to suit your own way.