“My main goal as a songwriter is to make something that inspires people. To write things about my life that people can relate to. Whether it's a whole record or just one song for someone, I hope it can do that for them. Knowing that I have the ability to do that is inspiring to me.” PeopleWritingWholeSongGoalCan DoAbilityKnowingRecordsInspireRelateJust OneSongwriters Author:Kate Voegele
“When I hear a great new record, especially when it's by someone that I respect and admire, then a part of me is like, Why didn't I think of that? Why didn't I write that record? It makes you sick, but in a way it can be a great thing. It makes you want to go back to the lab and start writing again. Maybe it will inspire you to try a little harder.” ThinkingWayWantWritingTryingLittlesRecordsInspireSickHarderGreat ThingsAdmireLabs Author:Beyonce Knowles
“My main intention is to inspire people. [Let] kids know that you experience things and it's okay to voice them and express yourself. Be an individual. If my record moves five people, that's good enough. I feel like I've done my job if it just touches somebody.” PeopleIfsKnowsFeelsDoneEnoughKidsJobsMovingIndividualVoiceRecordsFiveInspireOkayIntentionGood EnoughExpress Yourself Author:Sarah Hudson
“I never willfully want to write the same record twice, which is probably why I jump from project to project. But I can't ignore that there are things that inspire me, and I love celebrating those.” WantWritingI CanRecordsInspireProjectsCelebrate Author:Alan Palomo
“I do these records. All of these ideas that I have, that I put out there, that inspire me to write, are a purging in a lot of ways. I have to expel them in order for myself to walk around and actually smile and be a regular, or a living, person.” WayWritingPersonsIdeasOrderWalksRecordsInspirePurging Author:El-P
“In the future, I just think that as far as when it comes to me and my music, I'm trying to help be the catalyst for whatever is going to inspire more people and keep a great creative community going. Whatever I can do to make everyone's records better, not just my own, just hopefully keep the whole flow of stuff going in a good direction. That's what I'll be doing, so look forward to whatever I'm involved with it and hopefully I can inspire the next generation.” PeopleThinkingTryingLooksI CanWholeHelpingNextStuffCan DoCommunityMy OwnCreativeRecordsGenerationsInspireInvolvedFlowHopefullyNext GenerationCatalyst Author:Salaam Remi
“When I can see someone that's posting the way that they're thinking about what's happening in the world right now or even art that they've created, it inspires me to do the same. It makes me turn off my phone and go paint a painting or go hike a mountain or go record a song. Those are the kind of things that social media helps me do. But it also can make me sit in my room and not do anything.” ThinkingWorldWayKindArtI CanHelpingSongTurnsSocialRoomsRecordsMediaInspirePaintingRight NowMountainHappeningsPaintPhonesSocial MediaHelp MeTurn Off Author:Willow Smith
“Composing is what I love most from what I do. Each genre has a unique expression that you cannot supplant with another. All the records co-inspire each other though they are not tied conceptually in any way to another.” WayRecordsInspireExpressionUniqueGenreTiedComposing Author:Serj Tankian
“Being yourself is one of the hardest things because it's scary. You always wonder whether you'll be accepted for who you really are. I decided to call my record 'Inside Out' because that's my motto about life. I don't think you ever succeed at trying to be anyone else but who you truly are.” ThinkingTryingWonderRecordsInspireSucceedDecidedScaryAcceptedHardestBeing YourselfMottoHardest ThingMy Motto Author:Emmy Rossum
“Praise your kids. Inspire and motivate your players with praise. Ten years from now it won't matter what your record was. Will your kids love you or hate you?” YearsMatterKidsHateRecordsPlayerLove YouInspireTenBasketballPraiseCoachingHate YouBasketball CoachingMotivational BasketballBasketball CoachBasketball TeamKids LoveInspire And Motivate Author:Jim Harrick