Quotes About Inspiration

It's funny, because music is one of those things it is natural to go into. You hear it so much growing up, it kind of permeates you and eventually you spew out some music of your own.

Somebody said to me, 'But the Beatles were anti-materialistic.' That's a huge myth. John and I literally used to sit down and say, 'Now, let's write a swimming pool.'

A good thing to have up your sleeve is a sanctified funny-bone.

Nearly all our originality comes from the stamp that time impresses upon our sensibility.

If you're into what you're playing, that's the most important thing.

I try to find a way to make it comfortable or interesting or funny to me.

The only happy artist is a dead artist, because only then you can't change. After I die, I'll probably come back as a paintbrush.

Things looked funny because my pictures depend on an emotional state... I know this is true and I thought about this for a long time. Somehow it made me feel very, very good.

The most powerful music is music with purpose.

Panicky despair is an underrated element of writing.

Guess what, Martin Luther King? I had a dream, too.

This President is going to lead us out of this recovery.

You can't always go to the well and have things be funny.

I always wanted to be a hairdresser.

I always say, keep a diary and someday it'll keep you.

It is funny how mortals always picture us as putting things into their minds: in reality our best work is done by keeping things out.

Learn the lick, but learn FROM the lick.

Of course there are certain things that get to me, but I try and lead by example and show people that, especially with haters, that you should just ignore them.

The comedians I liked were Bill Cosby and Steven Wright, like just always as a comedic actor. I always liked Gary Larson, who's really funny for a cartoonist, obviously.

Writing is a funny business. You sit in your room and listen to voices and write everything down. What kind of a profession is that?

Any American boy can be a basketball star if he grows up, up, up.

Isn't it funny the way some combinations of words can give you--almost apart from their meaning--a thrill like music?

Do you drink?" "Of course,I just said I was a writer.

I've always believed that there are funny people everywhere, but they're just not comedians. In fact, some of my best comedic inspirations were not professional entertainers.