Quotes About Inspiration

Now among the other things proper to recreate man and give him pleasure, music is either the first or one of the principal;and we must think that it is a gift of God deputed for that purpose'.

And evermore the waters worship God;-- And bards and prophets tune their mystic lyres While listening to the music of the waves!

I'm not a great inventor from scratch. What I do is to use, steal, acquire, reproduce or re-cycle music from other musicians.

The joy of being a broadcaster is, if you're still allowed to choose your own music.

I think music is the only thing that I'll ever really have.

To sing is to bring to life; impossible if the words are mediocre, however good the music.

From politics and business to music and food to culture, African-Americans have helped to shape our state's colourful past and its future.

I just feel that music is a great life, because it's very rewarding. It's a gratification. You do this for yourself, and you also do this for other people.

I think I've been interested in music since I was little.

I can't imagine ever not making music, making albums, writing songs, doing shows. That's all I really know, and that's all I really do.

Music is my time capsule. Each album reflects what I'm going through or what's going on in my life at that moment.

Music is the center of my life.

The ability to make music is a gift that you're born with; it's not something you can learn.

Even when it was easy, music's patterning shaped the emotions . . . Music proclaimed an orderly universe, promised a better place.

I enjoy anything to do with music.

If I spend 100 days in a row making music there's a chance nothing will come of it. But if I spend 100 days not making music it's guaranteed that nothing will come of it. So keep working.

Music that is saturated with soul force is the real universal music, understandable by all hearts.

I just believe in my Indian, spiritual god and my music.

To see itself through, music must have idea or magic. ... Music with neither dies young though rich.

Hip-hop music was something I grew up with, it was something that I loved since I was a little kid, and it's something that I chose to partake in an early age.

The curious beauty about African music is that it uplifts even as it tells a sad story.

Everything we release with Tool is inspired by our music.

A big part of the Motown formula was, they took music and turned it into this sort of automotive assembly line. They were cranking out 10 songs a day in that studio, or more.

I grew up listening to English music.