Inspirational Quotes

"I've done a lot of albums and I kinda know when I'm onto something that was inspirational for me to record and create, and this was one of those projects where I really enjoyed making the album"

Lee Ritenour, Musician

"Because of my Buddhist practice, I'm never lacking for inspiration"

Duncan Sheik, Musician

"Don't make music for some vast, unseen audience or market or ratings share or even for something as tangible as money. Though it's crucial to make a living, that shouldn't be your inspiration. Do it for yourself"

Billy Joel, Musician

"This was all the inspiration it took: We put 100 percent of ourselves in the lines. We personally take care of everything, from fulfillment to answering the mail"

Connie Sellecca, Actress

"The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration, of vitality and hope where others have resigned; it enables a man to hold his head high, to claim the future for himself and not to abandon it to his enemy"

Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Theologian

"Because I don't play guitar any more, African harmonies and rhythms have been an inspiration to me. I love the raw origin of the sound. It complements my voice and words naturally"

Cat Stevens, Musician

"An artist's duty is rather to stay open-minded and in a state where he can receive information and inspiration. You always have to be ready for that little artistic Epiphany"

Nick Cave, Musician

"Inspiration doesn't really work like that - you're not looking out for it. Inspiration is something that tends to capture you rather than you capture it"

Joan Armatrading, Musician

"I look at the dancers and I get the inspiration for the work from them"

Graeme Murphy, Dancer

"I'm not a writer where I feel particularly blessed by great inspiration every day. I don't. I have to work really hard at it to try and say the things I'm concerned with"

P. J. Harvey, Musician

"I always get inspiration from whatever characters say about my character"

Robert Englund, Actor

"For me, our beaches have always been a source of personal inspiration"

Thomas Carper, Economist

"In English, the sounds and melodies I created were an inspiration to me, and words came to me as I explored the sounds, and from there I was able expand on the meaning"

Utada Hikaru, Musician

"I would love to meet Kelly Clarkson and if I get the chance to I would tell her thank you so much for the inspiration"

Thia Megia, Musician

"Directing, I get all kinds of inspiration. It's working with people. It's a lot more fun"

Ang Lee, Director

"We need affordable space travel to inspire our youth, to let them know that they can experience their dreams, can set significant goals and be in a position to lead all of us to future progress in exploration, discovery and fun. Thanks to the X Prize for the inspiration"

Burt Rutan, Scientist

"Most of life is routine - dull and grubby, but routine is the momentum that keeps a man going. If you wait for inspiration you'll be standing on the corner after the parade is a mile down the street"

Ben Nicholas, Actor

"I am very conscious of who I am as an artist and as an inspirational person"

R. Kelly, Musician

"Beethoven, Wagner, Bach, and Mozart settled down day after day to the job in hand. They didn't waste time waiting for inspiration"

Ernest Newman, Critic

"One needs to know what the hierarchy of values are from which one takes inspiration, and in a democratic society this is the subject of continuous democratic debate"

Rocco Buttiglione, Politician

"I am one of those people who thrive on deadlines, nothing brings on inspiration more readily than desperation"

Harry Shearer, Actor

"I would like to cite an instance which proves the efficacy of clean living on the part of an athlete coupled with the inspiration received from a champion which go a long way to making a champion"

Major Taylor, Athlete

"Just the example Delaware State University graduates set by the way they live their lives, should be an inspiration to other high school students to go to Delaware State"

Michael N. Castle, Politician

"If it comes out sounding like Dixieland jazz or classical or punk or rock or even slightly metal, that's because that's where I'm going to find inspiration"

Ben Harper, Musician

"I defied nothing at all. I ignored the law because I didn't know it existed. It didn't occur to me that anyone would want to curb my inspiration"

Margaret Anderson, Editor

"I'd like to provide information, inspiration, and access to whatever goods and services are needed to make it super easy for everyone to change their lifestyle to a sustainable one"

Daryl Hannah, Actress

"Education brings about opportunity, and in turn inspiration"

Bill Frist, Politician

"Not exactly but I get inspiration from stories which are unconventional"

Anil Kapoor, Actor

"Inspiration is an awakening, a quickening of all man's faculties, and it is manifested in all high artistic achievements"

Giacomo Puccini, Composer

"So, the combination of looking at lots of different people and how they react to each other and how they relate to each other and waiting for that inspiration is the thing that allows me to keep writing"

Joan Armatrading, Musician

"Hope and optimism have defined my political career, and I continue to be hopeful and optimistic about Canada. Young people have been a great source of inspiration for me"

Jack Layton, Politician

"Man does not bring to God's altar the stuff of nature in itself, in its initial structure, but something he has made and molded out of nature for the nourishment and the inspiration of men"

Wilford O. Cross

"The people at the record company had asked me if I could write a song about my life, my relationship with God, and where I'm from. Well, I can't write a song on purpose, my songs come in a moment of inspiration or desperation"

Billy Ray Cyrus, Musician

"If you wait for inspiration you'll be standing on the corner after the parade is a mile down the street"

Ben Nicholas, Actor

"Inspiration is one thing and you can't control it, but hard work is what keeps the ship moving. Good luck means, work hard. Keep up the good work"

Kevin Eubanks, Musician

"I came back to performing with a different attitude about performing and myself. I wasn't expecting perfection any more, just hoping for an occasional inspiration"

Neil Diamond, Musician

"It makes me feel wonderful that people still care for me... that I have so many fans among young people, who write to me and tell me I have been an inspiration"

Bettie Page, Model

"Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong"

Ella Fitzgerald, Musician

"I will always desire to play with Bruce Springsteen. He's the most inspirational, most dedicated, most committed and most focused artist I've ever seen. I like to be around people like that"

Max Weinberg, Musician

"That is a big danger, losing your inspiration. When I work in film and television I try to do each take a little differently. I never want to do the same thing twice, because then you're not being spontaneous, you're just recreating something"

Karl Urban, Actor

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