Most of my ideas belonged to other people who never bothered to develop them.

It should not be hard for you to stop sometimes and look into the stains of walls, or ashes of a fire, or clouds, or mud or like places, in which...you may find really marvellous ideas.

Many a man fails as an original thinker simply because his memory is too good.

I don't force it. If you don't have an idea and you don't hear anything going over and over in your head, don't sit down and try to write a song. You know, go mow the lawn...My songs speak for themselves.

Kick-start your brain. New ideas come from watching something, talking to people, experimenting, asking questions and getting out of the office!

I get my ideas from listening from within.