Quotes about Inspiration

I don't like to beat people down. They need to be lifted up.

I'm still a kid in his bedroom, writing songs and playing them.

You know, you can only lead them from behind.

It's important to believe in yourself because if you don't believe in yourself, then no one else can believe in you.

God wants us to be a good example to others who are observing us.

It's music that can only come from particular instruments, broken in particular ways, and yielded with particular humility. I also believe it brings God glory in a way that is completely unique on earth or in the heavens. And that's a thought that keeps me going, too.

The black moment is the moment when the real message of transformation is going to come. At the darkest moment comes the light.

Writer's block results from too much head. Cut off your head. Pegasus, poetry, was born of Medusa when her head was cut off. You have to be reckless when writing. Be as crazy as your conscience allows.

How does the ordinary person come to the transcendent? For a start, I would say, study poetry. Learn how to read a poem. You need not have the experience to get the message, or at least some indication of the message. It may come gradually. (92)

When you follow your bliss...doors will open where you would not have thought there would be doors, and where there wouldn't be a door for anyone else.

The creative act is not hanging on, but yielding to a new creative movement. Awe is what moves us forward.

Follow your inner heart and the world moves in and helps.