“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
“The first thing that inspires any song is a chord progression. When I have one I really like, I get into the lyrics even more.” FirstsSongInspireChordsProgression Author:Black Francis
“I think it's hard to really write a song that will educate someone because songs are meant to be ... you don't want to be too didactic in a song because it doesn't make for good music. And I think the role of songs can be to inspire people but there needs to education and prose to back that up.” PeopleThinkingWantNeedsWritingHardSongRolesInspireProseMeant To BeEducateBe YouDidactic Author:John Legend
“There is a string attached to Maia Sharp's voice. And when she sings, you find that the other end is attached to your gut. Her voice is lush and sensual and the emotions she articulates resonate with the small feelings we have that sometimes are hard to face..there is an edge to her songs, but also a softness...she is lyrical and conversational at the same time. Her CD was the only one in my machine for a month. Her work inspires me to dig deeper.” EndsSometimesHardFeelingsFacesSongVoiceEmotionInspireMonthsMachinesEdgesDeeperSensualGutsStringsCdsLyricalSoftnessDig DeepLushStrings Attached Author:Kathy Mattea
“I meant to write a song of battle, for storied deeds of war inspire; I seemed to hear the cannon thunder, I seemed to see the smoke and fire. But oh, the pathos of the ending when brave men conquered in the fight, knelt, kissing yielded blood-stained colors!--my eyes are blurred, I cannot write.” MenWritingWarEyeSongFightingFireBloodInspireColorBattleKissingBraveDeedsSmokeThunderBrave ManCannonsPathosSmoke And Fire Book:Nadine and Other Poems Source: Nadine and Other Poems
“I totally accept that it's a legitimate criticism that when you are involved in the day-to-day scrum of government that what can get lost is the narrative, the hymn sheet the song that inspires and lifts people's sights.” PeopleGovernmentSongLostAcceptingInspireInvolvedCriticismSightLiftsNarrativeDay To DaySheetsHymnsScrum Author:Nick Clegg
“I can't sing “I Believe I Can Fly”. I sing that horrible. But I can sing “I Gotta Feeling” good. I wrote it for my capabilities. So I Gotta Feeling is just about let me make a song to inspire people to have a good time.” PeopleBelieveI CanFeelingsSongI BelieveInspireLet MeHorribleFeel GoodGood TimesCapabilityHaving A Good Time Author:will.i.am
“Now shall my inward joys arise, And burst into a song; Almighty love inspires my heart, And pleasure tunes my tongue.” HeartJoySongPleasureInspireMy HeartTongueAriseTunesAlmightyInward Book:An Arrangement of the Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs of the Rev. Isaac Watts Source: An Arrangement of the Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs of the Rev. Isaac Watts
“I'm singing these songs to inspire you, to keep you going, to lift you up and give you a reason to get up in the morning” GivingReasonSongMorningInspireSingingGet UpLiftsLift You Up Author:Mavis Staples
“I write a little something every day, even though I don't write a song [every day]. Everything inspires me. I'll come up with a line, or somebody will say something that will trigger something.” WritingLittlesSongLinesInspireCome UpTriggers Author:Dolly Parton
“I didn't really do many business ventures throughout my career because I would have an idea and then before I'd have a chance to make something of it, I'd see someone else do it. I just liked to watch my fellow artists become entrepreneurs and be people who can inspire the next generation. I did that more with my songs.” PeopleIdeasArtistSongNextChanceCareersWatchesGenerationsInspireFellowsEntrepreneurVentureNext Generation Author:Nas
“I think art can really serve to inspire a movement - and, of course, it has in the past. The Civil Rights movement wouldn't have the same resonance without the songs from everyone from Pete Seeger to Odetta to James Brown.” ThinkingArtPastSongCoursesRightsMovementInspireCivil RightsBrownCivil Rights MovementResonance Author:Saul Williams