John 5 Quotes

An idea, to be suggestive, must come to the individual with the force of revelation.

Inspiration takes many forms, but it's rarely pure.

Inspiration could be called inhaling the memory of an act never experienced.

Inspiration is finding something that excites you.

I get inspired at different times and in different ways.

Sometimes ideas feel like they were already there, and that you're just discovering them.

I'm inspired by almost everything I come across in life, and one way or another they find themselves sneaking into my stories.

You never know where your influences are going to come from, or where you're going to find your inspiration.

Inspiration comes from everywhere. From life, observing people, etc. From movies and books you love. From research.

Ideas come from somewhere. People don't come up with these ideas from nowhere. Something triggers your thoughts.

In general, I don't know when inspiration will pop up.

People go to movies or listen to music because they want to be inspired.

Inspiration doesn't really work like that - you're not looking out for it. Inspiration is something that tends to capture you rather than you capture it.

Who knows where inspiration comes from. Perhaps it arises from desperation. Perhaps it comes from the flukes of the universe, the kindness of the muses.

You never know where inspiration is going to come from.

You never know where you're going to get inspiration.

I always look for inspiration. If I find something that's inspiring, I'm so excited because it is very hard to find something inspiring.

Inspiration can really strike from anywhere.

Sometimes, you don't know where your inspiration's going to come from.

Lights get low and that's when I have my brightest ideas.

I don't know anything about inspiration because I don't know what inspiration is; I've heard about it, but I never saw it.

A hunch is creativity trying to tell you something.

The great discoveries are usually obvious.

I'll take a certain concern of my own or a situation and try to frame it around a fictional story, but sometimes just straight-up autobiographical songs work well, and sometimes a story is better. I like stories. I like to hear them. I don't think there are enough of them in songs anymore.

Ideas can be life-changing. Sometimes all you need to open the door is just one more good idea.