“My main influence is - it's music. It lifts the spirit. I am always listening to music. And sometimes what inspires me is a little sound or some small arrangement. I really do listen to music continuously all day long - very loud, so people can't stand to be around me anymore.” PeopleLittlesLongSometimesSpiritSoundInfluenceInspireListeningLiftsLoudArrangementsListening To Music Author:Donatella Versace
“As an artist, I identify with Sandro Botticelli. We know him as the man who painted Primavera and The Birth Of Venus. The goddesses and ancient subjects he chose represented virtues which were meant to inspire people. Then he went through a dark phase when he was listening to the sermons of Savonarola, who preached against the worldly pleasures of the Renaissance. But Botticelli's works live on, inspiring people to this day. Five hundred years after his death, he still has thousands of fans!” PeopleKnowsMenYearsStillsArtistDarkPleasureVirtueFiveFansSubjectsInspireHe ManListeningBirthHundredAncientThis DayGoddessPhasesWorldlySermonsRenaissanceVenusWorldly PleasuresBotticelli Author:Mary Pope Osborne
“Every day of my life is going out in public and seeing people's lives and listening to stories - all that kind of stuff musically inspires me.” PeopleKindStoriesLife IsStuffSeeingInspireListeningGoing Out Author:LeAnn Rimes
“Even listening to a lot of other music inspires me, too. Like I'll find something and be like, "I love this group!" And I want to write something that's kind of like this.” WantWritingKindGroupsInspireListening Author:LeAnn Rimes
“Listening to great music and art inspires me and recharges me.” ArtInspireListeningGreat Music Author:Alicia Keys
“Art inspires me. Looking at art in a museum, listening to music, reading the works of other writers.” ArtReadingInspireListeningMuseumsListening To Music Author:Theodora Goss
“I relate to that - he inspires me across the board. His music inspires me and reminds me to maintain honesty in the things that I do, to have an absence of fear. Listening to Earl Sweatshirt's music is like therapy to me.” HonestyInspireListeningMusic IsAbsenceRelateTherapyBoardsSweatshirts Author:Erykah Badu
“Some cultures don't have a separate word for music and dance. To my knowledge, this notion of listening to music without dancing is a Western creation. I can't think of any artist that I love that doesn't inspire movement in some form or another. I guess Tangerine Dream or early Vangelis or something like that, you're not really going to dance. But on the whole, I feel like dancing and music are so naturally intertwined. I feel like subconsciously, that's the goal whenever I'm working on music. It's kind of the defining thing: Does it got some funk to it, basically?” ThinkingKindDreamArtistCultureGoalCreationInspireListeningDancingWesternListening To MusicFunk Author:RJD2
“I think people assume that whatever kind of music you make is the music you listen to. Don't get me wrong, I listen to tons of pop music and all the music that really inspires Best Coast is very straightforward '50s and '60s pop music, but I've been listening to R&B and rap since I was a kid. I grew up in L.A. It's part of the culture. I listen to anything.” PeopleThinkingKindKidsCultureInspireListeningAssumingRapStraightforwardPop Music Author:Bethany Cosentino
“Music is entertainment, but I would like to be able to inspire the audience in a way that makes them leave, saying, "Wow, I just left with something I didn't have before going into this concert." I hope that people can leave either a live show or listening to our band record with a sense of peace, where the music was a moment of escape.” PeopleMomentsAudienceInspireListeningMusic Is Author:Amanda Michalka
“I love expanding people's musical horizons, because daytime radio can be so generic and people get sucked into listening to the same crap all the time. Sometimes it just takes one simple little thing to actually inspire people to branch out a little more.” PeopleSometimesSimpleInspireListeningMusicalLittle ThingsCrap Author:Maya Jane Coles