Quotes About Motivation

I had no direction. I thought, 'I need to make a difference in my life,' and music was my answer.

Cherish the music that stirs in your heart.

Music is all about leadership and there ain't really a lot of leaders.

I always hope that my music can inspire someone, the same way other artists inspire me.

All my music is inspirational. You just gotta listen to the words and get what you can get out of it.

My biggest kick in music -playing or writing- is when I have a problem. Without a problem to solve, how much interest do you take in anything?

My whole thing is just to put out positive messages in the music, give people something that can change their lives.

When working out, play your favorite music loudly for an extra boost of energy.

I've never written one note or word of music simply because I think it will make money.

If this is what you love and music is your passion, it's always ways to get through things and find ways to get around things.

I try to use my music to move these people to act.

Don't die with your music still in you. Don't die with your purpose unfulfilled. Don't die feeling as if your life has been wrong. Don't let that happen to you.

So that's the challenge for me and that has always been the challenge - finding that melody, that riff, that thing that just lights me up and makes me feel like it's Christmas.

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.

Emotions are the fuel to really move you along, that's the only way you can create music. If you don't feel any emotions, like it's not going to happen.

Growing up in music motivated me. I applied that to my education and it made me a better person.

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.

The music has to drive you. That's just it. You follow it. You follow the songs.

I don't know [whether] if I didn't get paid, or my career didn't keep going where it goes, if I would keep doing music.

All I want out of music is to think to myself, this could be in a makeover montage.

Music is pretty much the lifestyle, not the music itself. The lifestyle really pulled me off the street. Made me want to do something organized and positive.

Just knowing that through my music I actually inspire people is amazing for me and I find it very heartwarming.

We should get into the habit of reading inspirational books, looking at inspirational pictures, hearing inspirational music, associating with inspirational friends.

Still, to this day I go back and listen to music that inspires me to write now