Inspiration

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“I really wish I was less of a thinking man and more a fool who’s not afraid of rejection”

— Billy Joel "Sleeping with the Television On"

“I’m starting with the man in the mirror
I’m asking him to change his ways
And no message could have been any clearer
If you wanna make the world a better place
Take a look at yourself and then make a change”

— Michael Jackson "Man in the Mirror"

“Anna Stesia come to me
Talk to me, ravish me
Liberate my mind
Tell me what you think of me
Praise me, craze me
Out this space and time”

— Prince "Anna Stesia"

“Keep on missing each other
Our world’s out of order
All I see is missed opportunity”

— Daryl Hall & John Oates "Missed Opportunities"

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(formerly Terence Trent D'arby) — Ssananda Maitreya (formerly Terence Trent D'arby)

“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel”

— Maya Angelou

“Nobody sees a flower - really - it is so small it takes time - we haven’t time - and to see takes time, like to have a friend takes time”

— Georgia O'Keeffe

“Don’t think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it’s good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art.”

— Andy Warhol

“Your new life is going to cost you your old one.

It’s going to cost you your comfort zone and your sense
of direction.
It’s going to cost you relationships and friends.
It’s going to cost you being liked and understood.

It doesn’t matter.

The people who are meant for you are going to meet you
on the other side. You’re going to build a new comfort
zone around the things that actually move you forward.

Instead of being liked, you’re going to be loved. Instead of
being understood, you’re going to be seen.

All you’re going to lose is what was built for a person you
no longer are.”

— Brianna Wiest, The Mountain Is You

“What happens to a dream deferred?

Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore-.
And then run?
Does it stink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over—
like a syrupy sweet?

Maybe it just sags
like a heavy load.

Or does it explode?”

— Langston Hughes "Harlem"

“People always ask me the difference between a banjo and a guitar. You see a banjo has a body that mimics a drum head, this round pot that projects sound outward. And the guitar... will get you laid.”

— Steve Martin