Quotes About Inspiration

I was always playing with whatever I could get under my hands, making rhythm with it, which was natural for me, because my parents were listening to a lot of African music.

I have some rhythm, but I definitely learned a lot from Jamal Sims and Spencer Henderson.

When I write, I write everything from a rhythm point.

I think all writers have a style, a particular voice and rhythm that you have to find.

I always read poetry before I write, to sensitize me to the rhythms and music of language.

The first time I heard Richard Pryor, I knew he would be a major force in the world of comedy.

I would probably go so far as to say that I couldn't act before I met Richard Ayoade.

If I modeled myself after anybody, it probably would have been Richard Pryor.

If you look at the NBA, it's the richest and wealthiest group of African-American men in the world.

Rick Rubin's amazing, by the way. I just need to say that.

I'd love to work with Rick Rubin. He made some pretty seminal records.

You have to give people a reason to believe that, under your leadership, America will be better. Rick Santorum has done that.

Before games and sometimes practice, I like something with a dope beat. Like Rick Ross, when he's just like, 'RUH!,' all that stuff.

Ricky Martin is one of the artists I wanted to be growing up.

I'm a pretty big Ricky Gervais fan.

I've always wanted to work with Ricky Gervais.

I listened to a lot of Ricky Skaggs' Country stuff.

Sometimes I get lazy, I want to get rid of that.

I make my fans feel like they are part of the movement, and if you a fan of the movement, you're going to feel like you ride with me.

I wouldn't put out anything that I didn't want to ride to.

We have a ridiculous amount of material.

There wasn't really anything I wanted to do other than acting, which is ridiculous because there were no actors in my family, and we didn't know anything about acting.

It's ridiculous, the people I get to work with.

This sounds ridiculous, but my political inspiration is not Marx or Engels or ­anything like that. It was my mum.