Blackbear Quotes

I enjoy keeping busy, and fortunately for me, there's a large audience out there who are keen to hear me sing. It's their love and affection that keep me going.

I'd say people that really inspired me at first were like, Dustin Hoffman, Jim Carrey... serious Jim Carrey though.

As a rock star, I have two instincts, I want to have fun, and I want to change the world. I have a chance to do both.

Inspiration can come from anywhere. But I do love actors. I wish I could drop a bunch of names, but there are just too many.

I am inspired by all kinds of players and singers.

I'm writing songs to perform, to entertain. And when I'm really trying to get inspired, I go backwards, and I just rap.

Music is a major cornerstone of our success.

I'd love to work with Prince. He's such an amazing musician.

I never sang for a Grammy, for money, for fame. That's my whole purpose for singing: for people, for the fans.

I'm a huge fan of Beyonce for so many reasons, and not the reasons that most people are. There's the obvious reasons - she's gorgeous, she's talented or whatever, but I think she's really super-consistent.

I sat down one night and wrote the line rock, rock, rock everybody.

I'm a songwriter who just wants to bring people great songs.

I sing songs that I have lived or I write them because I have lived them. I think the believability factor is key.

My main goal as a songwriter is to make something that inspires people. To write things about my life that people can relate to. Whether it's a whole record or just one song for someone, I hope it can do that for them. Knowing that I have the ability to do that is inspiring to me.

Remember, if you do the same act for 20, 30 years it gets a little boring unless you've got something else going for you... And the orchestra really kept you going. They'd laugh at all your jokes, even if they'd been hearing them for the last 30 years.

I'm just really happy, because I think we're a great band, and I really like great bands.

I'm motivated by entertaining people.

I just want to be an inspiration. I'm a rock star, I'm Future Hendrix.

The great thing about rock and roll is that someone like me can be a star.

Making music is still what keeps a fire going on in me.

'Firecracker' was such a fun song to write and to perform.

I see myself continuing to be a songwriter and a motivator and someone that has grown in her faith.

I have always believed that there is nothing greater than a life in rock n' roll - it has to be good rock n' roll - and I still think it is true.

My mentors are people like Cameron Crowe and Carrie Fisher.

You're going to be entertained. But when you finish hearing me singing, you're going to want to keep going, and you're going to keep believing and that's the kind of artist I am.