I've had quite a lot of luck with dreams. I've often awoken in the night with a phrase or even a whole song in my head.
Brian EnoYou just make different music on a computer. And you can make wonderful music on a computer, but don't pretend that the machinery is transparent. It makes as much difference to what you're doing as it does if you play an acoustic guitar as opposed to a kettledrum. You're not going to make the same music.
Brian Eno