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The source is always me, but when the inspiration is an amazing idea or entity, it gives the process of music making a very…

— Amaal Mallik

Out of my entire annual output of songs, perhaps two, or at the most three, came as a result of inspiration. We can never…

— George Gershwin

Inspiration for my music just comes from, you know, my life experiences.

— Avril Lavigne

My inspiration always comes from different places. Sometimes it's a piece of music or being in nature or seeing a film or reading a…

— Marie Forleo

Inspiration more often comes during the work than before it, because the largest part of the job of an artist is to listen to…

— Madeleine L'Engle

Inspiration comes from so many sources. Music, other fiction, the non-fiction I read, TV shows, films, news reports, people I know, stories I hear,…

— Trudi Canavan

If you're not inspired and you're working hard to pull inspiration from somewhere and make a song something it's not, then it's very contrived…

— Halsey

When I'm writing, those ideas are seldom inspired by music itself. I won't often listen to an artist and come up with an idea.

— St. Lucia

I know it's simple, but my main inspiration is just my love of music. I know that sounds overly naive. But it's true.

— Moby

I find inspiration in many places. Sometimes music gives me the kernel of a story. Sometimes it's dissatisfaction with the plot of a movie…

— Christopher Paolini

I have been inspired by countless artists over the years, but there's also times when you just gotta make your own inspiration.

— Aesop Rock

You always know when a real inspiration is behind the melody, arrangements, even lyrics. And I know that's really vague, but it's true.

— Zach Condon