Quotes About Inspiration

Music is like my security blanket.

I think that music is something that surpasses trends, fashions; music is something much deeper.

I feel like music is oceanic - there's no end to what you can discover.

I never really thought about my music being universal. When I set out to write, it is just a feeling that feels good to me. I never thought about being able to reach everybody.

I have an instinct for music, or a feeling about it, and I'll have my feelings guide my hands.

I love Beyonce. She's so fierce. I also love Lily Allen, and she was an influence on my music.

When I see architecture that moves me, I hear music in my inner ear

All this role model bullshit; you don't have any extra responsibilities because you made some good songs! Your only responsibility is to make good songs.

I try to put myself into unusual and difficult situations as often as I can in order to capture the element of struggle in the music.

There is the music that we make, and the music that makes us.

My music is all about an idealistic human personality. I have 19th-century ideals.

I've always had a lot of creative impact on the music with Timbaland.

Music should never be a job. It should be your hopes, your dreams and everything you believe in.

I make music to generate atmospheres, not to complement already existing ones.

When you can write music that endures, bravo. Until then, keep quiet and study the work of those who can.

The music we listen to may not define who we are. But it's a damn good start.

I've realized that I love all forms of music and get excited when any artist goes crazy and creates something that is an experience.

Life can be challenging and sad... but music is the easy part.

But I do think that we approach music, in of itself, with a religious attitude.

Soul music is timeless.

Encourage good music and art and literature in your homes. Homes that have a spirit of refinement and beauty will bless the lives of your children forever.

My father loved poetry and music. But deep in himself he thought teaching the finest thing a person could do.

I try to show what it is about language and music that enthralls, because I think those are the two elements of poetry.

Music is soaking up things that I see in other people or things that go on in my life, and I put it out there in the form of a song.