Even a bad performance can inspire the amateur listener.

She said she hoped her performance would inspire young people who had lost a limb.

His performance inspired the first narrative filmed in Japan.

Their performance inspired B-Real to the point that he wanted to join the group.

This performance inspires more outbursts of laughter than most productions, but at a cost.

But the performance of the officials and agencies involved so far doesn't inspire confidence.

Hidden behind a screen and announced as the work of a 40-year-old, this performance would have inspired little interest from anybody.

The good regional performance has inspired new investment vehicles and continuing confidence.

Now is the time to look forward: what performances in 2011 will inspire, shock, cheer us, maybe even change our world?

His own dazzling performance - at bat, on the base lines and in the field - probably inspired that intuition.