Quotes About Development

The imagination is a muscle. If it is not exercised, it atrophies.

Writing is a muscle that needs to be exercised.

We think empathy is innate, but it's not. It's a muscle you're working.

My height is no longer growing, but my muscle is still growing.

Because her voice is, it's like the muscles and it develops all the time. That was the fantastic thing for us.

Kids below 10 or 12, I think they just need to learn by playing at golf. Later on, in high school, when they develop muscles and everything, that's when they need to see about getting lessons.

One expected growth, change; without it, the world was less, the well of inspiration dried up, the muses fled.

We got our land at the right time, but when we go for additional land for our schools or the museum, there will be extra cost.

Of course I believe imaginative architecture can make a difference to people's lives, but I wish it was possible to divert some of the effort we put into ambitious museums and galleries into the basic architectural building blocks of society.

I was a late bloomer in the music business.

The music industry is so cool because it's constantly changing.

In order to do a musical now, a style must be developed that works for today's audience.

I really had to think and learn about musical intervals.

One thing is certain: We can't go back. The musical will never be the same as it was.

But you can't extend, or go beyond any point musically, without the basic fundamentals.

I don't want people to think like Roddy is John Legend now. I just felt like once I got to a certain point, that I wanted to expand musically.

I have this theory about us. When we started writing our own songs, we were 17 years old. When you're 17, you write songs for other 17-year-olds. We stopped growing musically when we were 17. We still write songs for 17-year-olds.

Twenty-fourteen is all about growth musically and new agendas.

San Diego is where I really started to get my legs, musically.

I think that the only goals that we try to set for ourselves is to evolve musically.

I'm always writing and learning. It's about growth. So I'm growing as a musician, as a guitarist.

When I was in school, you could pick any instrument you want, and they'd teach you how to play it. That changed my life. I loved playing music in school, and it sent me on my path as a musician.

I am very self-critical, but that's a good thing because it keeps me growing as a human being and as a musician.

Every record, you've got more experiences to draw on as a writer and a musician.