So it doesn't have to be happy music to be inspiring.

So it doesn't have to be happy music to be inspiring.

They think the banjo can only be happy, but that's not true.

I always try to work with people who are better than me, so I can learn more.

I think it is very ironic that most people think that the banjo is a southern white instrument. It came from Africa and even for the first years that white people played banjo they would put on blackface.

I think the Flecktones are a mixture of acoustic and electronic music with a lot of roots in folk and bluegrass as well as funk and jazz.

My most powerful memory was hearing Earl Scruggs on 'The Beverly Hillbillies' as a 5 or 6 year old. That sound just blew me away, shook my head up.

I think we all have blocks between us and the best version of ourselves, whether it's shyness, insecurity, anxiety, whether it's a physical block, and the story of a person overcoming that block to their best self. It's truly inspiring because I think all of us are engaged in that every day.

But once I acclimated and really used fame for what it was offering me as a tool to serve my life purpose of inspiring and contributing, then it started to get fun again.

You usually can't tell what's inspiring until you look back on it.

I want to be inspiring to myself, to my kids, my family, and my friends.

I got to work with one of my heroes, Johnny Depp, and to see how he goes about business, which was really inspiring for me at this stage in my career.

It's always a combination of physics and poetry that I find inspiring. It's hard to wrap your head around things like the Hubble scope.

The white spruce forest along the banks is most inspiring, magnificent here. Down the terraced slopes and right to the water's edge on the alluvial soil it stands in ranks.

So it doesn't have to be happy music to be inspiring.

The bottom line is, it's a great script and that's very inspiring and makes you want to overcome whatever technical difficulties you come up against.

I've only had good experiences with actors. Starring next to them and directing them, for the most part they're all inspiring, special people.

Remembering is painful, it's difficult, but it can be inspiring and it can give wisdom.

I know the pressures of being the daughter of a great actress. But it's inspiring. You learn so much that other people don't get to learn until later on. My father being a director, I learnt a real work ethic.

Sofia is so active, and she made The Virgin Suicides, which I thought was great - all these things are inspiring to me, not in terms of creating a particular dress, but just in terms of knowing that there is this type of woman out there.

And as a character, what I found very inspiring about playing Dharma, especially at that time, is that the women on television were more neurotic than they were free. And I thought, this is a rare bird and this is unique on television and I think it's really refreshing.

Some ways of using our thinking are really inspiring. There are people who use their thinking to race cars. People use their thinking to build rockets to the moon. It's all just a use of your thinking.

Time has been transformed, and we have changed; it has advanced and set us in motion; it has unveiled its face, inspiring us with bewilderment and exhilaration.

I really struggle with that feeling of helplessness. That's why I really try to get my blogs, and even myself, to point to the positive and look at all the inspiring things that are happening.

When you first start doing it, being on tour is inspiring, because you've never been anywhere.

In this case they're doctors. But having passion for your work and to take risks in order to better human kind. That's a pretty big theme. It's pretty inspiring.

Books have become our dearest companions, yielding exquisite delights and inspiring lofty aims.

I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.

Dr. King is so inspiring, so impressive, so moving as a human being.

Putting out my album on my own label has been a great experience for me. It's been very inspiring. It's like a new start for me and having all this creative freedom is so liberating and exciting.

The jarring change going from an urban environment to an extremely remote natural environment is extremely inspiring. It's constantly stimulating, it's like a slap in the face.

I want to question what the outside is and who defines it. I often find those that are considered to be on the outside extremely inspiring.

But once you strip that down, you realize it's all about a voice, like a Norah Jones - that's inspiring to me.

If the material is inspiring and motivates you, then it doesn't really matter what it is.

The teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron.

Chess is so inspiring that I do not believe a good player is capable of having an evil thought during the game.

It's very important to have the right clothing to exercise in. If you throw on an old T-shirt or sweats, it's not inspiring for your workout.

You look at a guy like Lance Armstrong, and you have to be inspired. I sat next to Kirk Douglas the other day, and he's inspiring for fighting through his stroke.

A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron.

Music is an art form too. Sometimes other forms of art can be inspiring to the musician.

Inspiring passion in family and friends has more enduring value than just staying alive for them.

We must be willing to pay inspiring math and science teachers, who have high paying alternatives in industry, more to teach and reward students who take more challenging courses in high school.

It's not necessary to go far and wide. I mean, you can really find exciting and inspiring things within your hometown.

Well I was eight years old, and I have an older cousin who is three years older than me and she was doing acting, commercials, and modeling at the time and... to see my cousin doing that was really inspiring and I wanted to do it. So I went to my mom and I asked her if I could do it, and for the acting part of it, she made me study for a year.

With the supermarket as our temple and the singing commercial as our litany, are we likely to fire the world with an irresistible vision of America's exalted purpose and inspiring way of life?

I imagined that it might be awkward to talk to your wife about her performance, so going into it I was a little nervous. But doing it was actually a wonderfully inspiring experience.

Spending time with America's soldiers is always inspiring.

I listen to both oldies and contemporary stations. I enjoy listening to current stuff because there's an energy to it that's inspiring.

I have found that sitting in a place where you have never sat before can be inspiring.