That's what the leadership was teaching me, day by day: that the self-interest I was supposed to be looking for extended well beyond the immediacy of issues, that beneath the small talk and sketchy biographies and received opinions, people carried with them some central explanation of themselves. Stories full of terror and wonder, studded with events that still haunted or inspired them. Sacred stories.
In terms of individuals who actually inspired me, very few of the academic people that I had access to had that power over me. Maybe it's simply because I wasn't that committed to geometry.
The Beatles and The Stones were basically inspired by American Rhythm and Blues
I'm inspired by nature. Other artist's work is important for developing my perception.
After 12 intense years of rock music, I was happy to get away from making a record and going out on a tour. When I did it, I wanted to feel inspired. After a while I finally had my fill working on other people's music, and I started coming up with music on my own and said, 'This could be for me.
I'm constantly looking for new things to do whether that's in the studio, trying to keep production fresh, or it's going out on the road. It's not the best for business. My team sometimes wants to beat me. But that's what keeps it fresh and keeps me inspired.
What I have done is packaged the time-honored information into a process that is doable and has inspired millions to act on it.
I urge you to be challenged and inspired by what you do not know.
[Corneille] was inspired by Roman authors and Roman spirit, Racine with delicacy by the polished court of Louis XIV.
To make art you need to be inspired.
Tibetan Buddhism, has inspired me and accelerated my understanding of life.
I can turn on the radio right now and be inspired.
I loved musicals, love them still. But also, I'm really inspired by comedy music.
Religion is life inspired by Heavenly Love; and life is something fresh and cheerful and vigorous.
It's hard - some people get inspired by a feeling, but I'm mostly inspired by melodies.
I think I can see people wanting to hear more music-music now as opposed to all hip-hop. You know, which I have nothing against hip-hop. I think some of it is really good. But on the other hand, some of the real great artists are just being lost because they're not getting the airplay or anything to make them inspired to record again.
The highest aim of the aesthetic being is to find the Divine through beauty; the highest Art is that which by an inspired use of significant and interpretative form unseals the door of the spirit.
Sometimes I do it more literally, sometimes I do a little softer [interpretation], but I'm just inspired by the past.
What is life but a series of inspired follies.
I actually finally let the Light in and then I was able to create all these songs that were inspired by letting the Light in and doing some self-reflection and just kind of working on myself.
