“For inspiration I look to those great players who consistently found original ways to shock their opponents. None did this better than the eighth world champion, Mikhail Tal. The "Magician of Riga" rose to become champion in 1960 at age twenty-three and became famous for his aggressive, volatile play.” WorldWayLooksPlayInspirationAgeThreeFoundPlayerTwentiesOriginalsRoseChampionOpponentsShockAggressiveConsistentlyMagician1960sWorld Champions Author:Garry Kasparov
“Messi is the best player on the planet and he keeps on improving at Barça, now the best team in the world. What Messi does on and off the pitch is an inspiration for children who dream of becoming a footballer.” WorldChildrenDoeDreamInspirationPlayerTeamPlanetsBecomingBarsImprovingFootballerBest PlayersAnd OffMessiBest Team Author:Novak Djokovic
“The interesting thing is that, well, here's what I think about songwriters and songs. Sometimes people sit down and say, "I gotta write a song today, I have a title" and all of that, and sometimes inspiration just happens, almost like "Sugar, Sugar" and a couple of the other songs. But basically, I just started playing the piano, and I'm not a great piano player.” PeopleThinkingWritingWellsSometimesInspirationHappensTodaySongInterestingPlayerCoupleDown AndTitlesPianoSugarSongwritersInteresting Things Author:Andy Kim
“My guitar player calls the process of writing lyrics based on another story, "filling up the well" when you can get inspiration from other people's art without stealing, more being influenced by it.” WritingArtInspirationPlayerStealingGuitar Player Author:Lydia Loveless
“When I'm recording, which is synonymous with writing, I'll play things over and over again until it sounds like I've got the right guitar part. Whereas I think, as the much younger player I tended to do things much more consciously. I didn't wait for the moment where inspiration might strike. That's what I do now. I wait for it to naturally start to replay itself in my mind. As I say, I don't force it. So I like to think of myself as a receiver. I'm a telephone line to who knows where, but until I hear it through that receiver, I don't usually do it. It's got to start writing itself somehow.” ThinkingWritingMindMomentsInspirationWaitingPlayerOne Line Author:Steve Hackett