Quotes about Inspiration
Our mothers and grandmothers ... moving to music not yet written.
— Alice Walker
Remember the Bob Dylan rule: it's not just a record, it's a movement.
— Seth Godin
Music is, to me, proof of the existence of God.
— Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Encourage good music and art and literature in your homes. Homes that have a spirit of refinement and beauty will bless the lives of your children forever.
— Ezra Taft Benson
The beauty of a lovely woman is like music.
— George Eliot
Love took up the harp of Life, and smote on all the chords with might; Smote the chord of Self, that, trembling, passed in music out of sight.
— Alfred Lord Tennyson
You've got to keep your body active, even if that means just turning on some music and dancing for an hour. ...That's how you;ll prepare your bodies and your minds for greatness.
— Michelle Obama
Music, among those who were styled the chosen people, was a religious art.
— Joseph Addison
I make writing as much a part of my life as I do eating or listening to music.
— Maya Angelou
Now among the other things proper to recreate man and give him pleasure, music is either the first or one of the principal;and we must think that it is a gift of God deputed for that purpose'.
— John Calvin
If I spend 100 days in a row making music there's a chance nothing will come of it. But if I spend 100 days not making music it's guaranteed that nothing will come of it. So keep working.
— Moby
The curious beauty about African music is that it uplifts even as it tells a sad story.
— Nelson Mandela