“Dizzee's just my childhood hero. He's definitely the inspiration. He's got himself to a very good place. He's defied the expectations of what British black urban music was like. He was the first person who made the rest of Britain realise it wasn't just a one-album-type situation. You've got to take your hat off to somebody like that.” FirstsPersonsMadeInspirationBlackSituationChildhoodTypeHeroExpectationsVery GoodAlbumsBritishBritainHatsRealisingUrbanFirst PersonGood PlaceHats OffUrban Music Author:Tinie Tempah
“Those who commit these types of scandals are guility of the spiritual equivalent of murder, but I, here among you to prevent something far worst for you. While those who give scandal are guilty of the spiritual equivalent of murder, those who take scandal- who allow scandals to destroy faith- are guilty of spiritual suicide.” GivingInspirationSpiritualFaithWorstTypeMurderSuicideCommitGuiltyScandal Author:Saint Francis de Sales
“In the studio, I always put on National Geographic for inspiration. Looking at lions eating gazelles, all that type of stuff.” InspirationStuffTypeEatingStudiosLionsNational GeographicGazelles Author:Big Sean
“Tolkien was such a brilliant writer in so many ways. He was truly an inspiration. Many people don't realize just how much he researched and how much he based his stories and characters on mythology of various types. He was very deep and in many ways a genius.” PeopleWayCharacterStoriesInspirationRealizingTypeGeniusVariousBrilliantMythologyVery Deep Author:Raymond Buckland
“In terms of my inspirations to become an artist, I think they come from early ideas and impressions about community, and the type of community I wanted to be in, and the type of thinking I wanted to do.” ThinkingIdeasInspirationWantedArtistTermCommunityTypeImpression Author:Laura Owens
“The artist who gave me the most inspiration and direction, especially as a singer - and I absolutely consider myself a singer, 100 percent - is Nina Simone. She's my ultimate pianist-singer-type person.” PersonsInspirationArtistTypePercentUltimateSingersPianistNina Author:Rufus Wainwright
“I remember when I first got the call from Beyoncé to work on the project, and the mood that she was in and she was feeling, she wanted New Orleans-inspired music to be incorporated to the stuff she was doing. Creole-type stuff. Zydeco... She wanted that type of inspiration.” FirstsFeelingsInspirationWantedRememberStuffTypeProjectsInspiredMoodRemember WhenNew OrleansCreole Author:Rodney Jerkins
“In order for my live performance to work, which is about generating a focused energy for about an hour and a half, it is necessary for me to listen and take in someone else's focused energy the day of or the day before the live show. That can transpire through a conversation, or inspiration can occur by looking through any type of visual book which sparks a narrative. That narrative then becomes today's seed and can then take root in music terms, where a sonic tree begins to grow.” BookShowsInspirationTodayOrderEnergyGrowsTermHoursHalfTreeTypeConversationRootsPerformancesFocusedSeedsNarrativeVisualsSparksLive Performance Author:Tori Amos
“My family was into music. My dad was into music down south. My mom and grandmother were into gospel music so there were all types. That was my inspiration.” InspirationMomTypeDadMy FamilySouthMy DadMy MomGrandmotherGospel Music Author:Joe Louis Walker
“I would tell anyone, pick the person you love the most, the musician, the actor, public figure, whatever, and watch a bunch of their interviews and find ones where they talk about all the times they've failed, all the times they weren't good enough, and watch those on the regular. It's a very unique type of inspiration. It's almost like spiritual jumper cables for your inner drive.” PersonsEnoughInspirationSpiritualActorsWatchesFiguresTypeMusicianUniquePicksBunchInterviewsGood EnoughCablesPublic FiguresJumpers Author:Lilly Singh
“The process is always the same. I get an inspiration for a new song, I put it down on paper immediately so I won't lose it. When I am ready to go to the studio with it, I play it a few times on the piano and edit, add, and type the lyrics and take it to the studio. Sometimes I don't have anything on paper.” SometimesPlayInspirationSongProcessLosesReadyTypePaperAddStudiosPianoEditsNew Songs Author:Yoko Ono