Quotes About Inspiration

I'm so blessed that I can still be here to bring the music and have new generations of fans. My Pops would be so proud.

There's music in everything, even defeat

Smokey Robinson is one of my heroes as a singer and songwriter, a major influence on my own music from the very start.

I like African music, and I'm a huge Ravi Shankar fan.

When I look at commercial studios, I think, "Oh, they're all so nice and tidy," but it's because they don't actually write music in them.

I always have my own music on my iPod, especially songs that I am going to record. Besides that, I have lots of others ranging from Chris Brown to Beyonce', Michael Jackson, Rascal Flatts and Adele.

I don't really understand why when I'm not making music, I feel like I can't breathe.

Music is part of God's universe.

Ah, thou hast made my heart captive in the endless meshes of thy music, my master!

The biggest musical influence on me was my mum. We were both enraptured by music.

I hope people hear my songs and realize that writing music is kind of easy, or that taking your sadness and turning it into a beautiful song is worthwhile.

Dizzy used to tell me I'm playing too hard. He'd say to not give everything. Miles told me that too.

Music is my life, is my strong point, that's my love.

Music has been called the speech of the angels; I will go farther and call it the speech of God Himself.

without music he felt aimless and adrift.

I love the music business very much.

Someone like Mozart moves from Salzburg to Vienna, where all of the sudden he finds this musical city that is not only asking for music, it's demanding music of him.

The music is the void. And you're the reason why.

I love working on new stuff. I love the feeling of a new idea and watching it evolve. That's one of my favorite parts of making music.

I think Patsy Cline made country music classy. She just opens her mouth, and it's just heavenly.

Who says I breathe music? Who says I even breathe?

When I need a little advice about Saddam Hussein, I turn to country music.

There are some composers - at the head of whom stands Beethoven - who not only do not know when to stop but appear to stop many times before they actually do.

I love Black Sabbath. They made an amazing contribution to music today. Almost every band that made it big in the Nineties owed a debt to them.