Adam Hicks Quotes

Throughout my career as a songwriter, I've had a knack for writing songs that were about me and my life experiences and observations.

I always write my music based on what is going on in my life at the time.

Inspiration for my music just comes from, you know, my life experiences.

In 'thinking up' music I usually have some kind of a brass band with wings on it in back of my mind.

Of course, all writers draw upon their personal experiences in describing day-to-day life and human relationships, but I tend to keep my own experiences largely separate from my stories.

One of the things that helps me tell a story through music is to create a character. I have to have a muse, whether it's Frida Kahlo, Martha Graham, Marlene Dietrich, or Pippi Longstocking.

I draw inspiration from anything and everybody and that's what country music is to me... real life stories and real life emotions.

If something is going on in my life, it winds up getting into my strip.

You're in good spirits when you create and produce great music. All situations inspire music in different ways, man, from good situations, bad situations, depression, falling in love, falling out of love. I've been going through all those type of things.

Imagination is strong in a man when that particular function of the brain which enables him to observe is roused to activity without any necessary excitement of the sense. Accordingly, we find that imagination is active just in proportion as our sense are not excited by external objects. A long period of solitude, whether in prison or in a sick room; quiet, twilight, darkness-these are the things that promote its activity; and under their influence it comes into play of itself.

O Reader! had you in your mind Such stores as silent thought can bring, O gentle Reader! you would find A tale in everything.

My music has been inspired by true events in my life.

We musicians often get inspiration from films and books or photographs, not only by music.

As a musician, it's only natural that my music mirrors my life.

I feel like music itself is inspirational enough. Especially with the Internet. Not to sound like a shut-in.

Being an outsider makes you a really good writer.

I get inspiration from all kinds of things: I can get it from hanging out with my son, from hanging out with my wife, from checking out different artists, from hearing something at a party.

A lot of my music is inspired by personal situations in my life.

I think visually, and music videos spark my creativity.

Fundamentally, our job as songwriters is to sit down and listen.

All of my records have their own vibe, depending on what was going on in my life.

The first thing that inspires me is my mood, but I take inspiration from a lot of things: a rock song, a romantic movie or a specific lifestyle, like 1960s London and, of course, Italian 'dolce vita!'

The music is within your heart, your soul, your spirit, and this is all I did when I sat at piano. I just go within.

I wanted to sing about things that moved me and experiences I had collected throughout life.

I've been a huge fan of Adele, Sam Smith, and Ed Sheeran, and those amazing artists draw inspiration from their present and past experiences; they write songs from their heart.