Joe Bonamassa Quotes

The birthplace of 'Western' civilization is generally agreed to be Greece, and its birth date is generally agreed to be some time during the 6th century B.C.E. Obviously, there is not one single dramatic moment that definitively started the whole thing.

That period of history has always fascinated me - Greek history, Greek mythology.

I think the Swedish Academy wished to manifest its solidarity with the living spirit of Greece today.

I lived in Greece for about four years of my life, and living there had a huge impact on my life growing up. My father was very much adamant that we would learn about our culture. It's a very rich culture to be a part of since it has such a great history behind it. I definitely carry that in my job, and I am very passionate.

In the world over, the very name of our country is immediately associated with the Parthenon.

Greece – the mother of all democracies

I love the Greeks. There's no messing around - it's all do or die with them.

It is great to be Greek, because I have one of the best heritages in the world.

The Muse gave the Greeks genius and the art of the well-turned phrase.

What is the foundation of that interest all men feel in Greek history, letters, art, and poetry, in all its periods, from the Heroic or Homeric age down to the domestic life of the Athenians and Spartans, four or five centuries later? What but this, that every man passes personally through a Grecian period.

How can any educated person stay away from the Greeks? I have always been far more interested in them than in science.

Save for the wild force of Nature, nothing moves in this world that is not Greek in its origin.

Greece is the most magical place on Earth.

I don't get my inspiration from a specific source. It's more like if you listen to a good tune, it gives me inspiration to write a better tune.

Muse. Mu-se. It's a great thing, for someone to feel that they can draw inspiration from you. And I don't think it's necessarily a man 'taking' from a woman. It can go both ways, both can stimulate, excite.

I think people inspire me the most. If I meet a person who is incredibly complex, and all of a sudden, I start thinking in rhymes, that person could be a muse.

There are two great centers of Hellenism. Athens is the capital of the Kingdom. Constantinople is the great capital, the City, the dream and hope of all Greeks.

I've learnt that the muse is like an angry girlfriend. If she comes knocking you better be home because if you're not, she doesn't leave a note saying pick up after 3 P. M. from the post office. The gift she had is gone forever.

I love Greece. It's really cool in the summer.

The only thing I know for sure about the creative process is it always comes back. Magically. When there are no creative juices and nothing is coming to me - if I wait - it comes!

Once you start being a muse, you cannot stop being a muse.

Sing in me, Muse, and through me tell the story

Alas! I do not believe that inspiration falls from heaven. think it rather the result of a profound indolence.

When I'm writing, I write. And then it's as if the muse is convinced that I'm serious and says, 'Okay. Okay. I'll come.'

You can't really do anything creative without a source of inspiration.