When I’m writing a record, I kind of don’t listen to much music. Just because I want to be inspired solely on the emotion; just based on how it feels.
Taylor SwiftPennies do not come from heaven. They have to be earned here on earth.
Margaret ThatcherI hope that what you take away from my album is not just the music – which I did want to be fun, and I did want it to be about individuality, but please also take away from it that there’s no dream that’s too big.
Lady GagaHe is the greatest artist who has embodied, in the sum of his works, the greatest number of the greatest ideas.
John RuskinI do put a lot of God in my music, but not because I’m super religious. There are a lot of demons in my music, too. I acknowledge both.
J. ColeThe most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great in whatever they want to do.
Kobe BryantSome artists just ruin their voices because they don’t know any better.
Billie EilishI made an album I’m very proud of, and that’s about it.
Amy WinehouseI was a strange, loud little kid who could sit at the piano and kill a Beethoven piece.
Lady GagaA good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered. Carve your name on hearts, not on marble.
Charles SpurgeonLike so many American families, our families weren’t asking for much. They didn’t begrudge anyone else’s success or care that others had much more than they did… in fact, they admired it.
Michelle ObamaI don’t want to make niche-oriented music.
Lady GagaGrowing up I’ve watched Lewis and aspired to have some of his attributes, mainly his speed. His raw pace is probably the best of everyone on the whole grid, so there are bits you want from different drivers.
Lando NorrisYou must understand the whole of life, not just one little part of it. That is why you must read, that is why you must look at the skies, that is why you must sing and dance, and write poems and suffer and understand, for all that is life.
Jiddu KrishnamurtiDream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheI had to resign myself, many years ago, that I’m not too articulate when it comes to explaining how I feel about things. But my music does it for me, it really does.
David BowieNothing is permanent in this wicked world – not even our troubles.
Charlie ChaplinYou listen to the radio and all the songs sound the same, from 8 in the morning to 12.
Bad BunnyI don’t know how many good books I still have in me; I hope there are another four or five.
Haruki MurakamiWhen I was a young kid, I did not even dream about playing for my country. It was such a farfetched thing to play for India.
Sunil ChhetriI want to thank The Beatles for almost single-handedly getting me out of writer’s block.
Frank OceanI never wanted to write the sort of song that said, ‚Look at how abnormal and crazy and out there I am, man!‘
Brian EnoI have a message to give to the world, and I shall not be thwarted.
Elizabeth KennyI wanted to be in a punk band before I had even heard any punk music.
Kurt CobainThe only thing I ever wanted to be was a professional football player.
Tom BradyWhat makes life dreary is the want of a motive.
George EliotIf you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.
Napoleon HillIt’s nice, I think, when people use your music for things you didn’t think of.
Brian EnoBob Dylan is like an alien on this earth, and I love him! I cried when I saw him play live because I was so close to him.
AuroraI do probably 60 concerts a year in the States. And I go out to clubs in the week. I’m doing new stuff all the time.
Jerry SeinfeldHe who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.
Muhammad AliI taught myself how to play the guitar, I taught myself how to play the drums, and I kind of fake doing both of them. But drumming comes more natural to me, and it just feels better.
Dave GrohlNo great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great men.
Thomas CarlyleEditing is now the easiest thing on earth to do, and all the things that evolved out of word processing – ‚Oh, let’s put that sentence there, let’s get rid of this‘ – have become commonplace in films and music too.
Brian EnoThere are two ways of exerting one’s strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.
Booker T. WashingtonSongwriting is my way of channeling my feelings and my thoughts. Not just mine, but the things I see, the people I care about. My head would explode if I didn’t get some of that stuff out.
Dolly PartonI hate the idea of genres.
Billie EilishThere are times when a leader must move out ahead of the flock, go off in a new direction, confident that he is leading his people the right way.
Nelson MandelaThis land is your land and this land is my land, sure, but the world is run by those that never listen to music anyway.
Bob DylanI say, ‚Yeah, Taylor Swift.‘ I think she is a smart, beautiful girl. I think she’s making all the right moves. She’s got a good head on her shoulders. She’s surrounded with wonderful people. Her songs are great. She keeps herself anchored. She knows who she is, and she’s living and standing by that.
Dolly PartonLife is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he feels deeply, acts boldly, and expresses himself with frankness and with fervor.
Benjamin DisraeliStuff your eyes with wonder, live as if you’d drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It’s more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories.
Ray BradburyBecoming an inspiration for kids is great. I want to inspire them to do whatever they want to.
Virat KohliStories surge up out of nowhere, and if they feel compelling, you follow them. You let them unfold inside you and see where they are going to lead.
Paul AusterI just really want to get music out and tour and go places I’ve never been, and just do more videos. I love photography and videography, and so I really want to direct videos when I can.
Billie EilishMy only scheme was to be a rapper.
EminemThere are two kinds of teachers: the kind that fill you with so much quail shot that you can’t move, and the kind that just gives you a little prod behind and you jump to the skies.
Robert FrostOf course, ‚I Will Always Love You‘ is the biggest song so far in my career. I’m famous for several, but that one has been recorded by more people and made me more money, I think, than all of them. But that song did come from a true and deep place in my heart.
Dolly PartonIf you want to shine like a sun, first burn like a sun.
A. P. J. Abdul KalamMy dad was into the 1950s doo-wop era. If you look at those groups, or at James Brown, Jackie Wilson and the Temptations in the 1960s, you’ll see you had to be sharp onstage.
Bruno MarsOne of the huge imbalances in life is the disparity between your daily existence, with its routines and habits, and the dream you have within yourself of some extraordinarily satisfying way of living.
Wayne DyerWhen you listen to Ray Charles, there’s never any doubt whose voice that is.
Clint EastwoodThe world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless.
Jean-Jacques RousseauMy kind of composing is more like the work of a gardener. The gardener takes his seeds and scatters them, knowing what he is planting but not quite what will grow where and when – and he won’t necessarily be able to reproduce it again afterwards either.
Brian EnoArt! Who comprehends her? With whom can one consult concerning this great goddess?
Ludwig van BeethovenGod has equipped you to handle difficult things. In fact, He has already planted the seeds of discipline and self-control inside you. You just have to water those seeds with His Word to make them grow!
Joyce MeyerPeople haven’t always been there for me, but music always has.
Taylor SwiftSitting on a bedroom floor crying is something that makes you feel really alone. If someone’s singing about that feeling, you feel bonded to that person.
Taylor SwiftLove is easy, and I love writing. You can’t resist love. You get an idea, someone says something, and you’re in love.
Ray BradburyDo all you can to make your dreams come true.
Joel Osteen