Quotes About Individuality

It's weird to me when an artist comes in, and the label says, 'We want him to sound like Chris Brown,' but he says he wants to sound like Sean Paul. There's a huge disconnect - it's like we're making a product.

A-ha is not me, Paul, or Magne: it is its own individual that has its own identity and characteristics. It is a result of a particular meeting point between the three of us.

Im aware that sometimes if youre trying to be somebody else, you end up saying words that just dont sound like your voice. And for better or worse, I want to be Paul Sinha, I dont want to be Bradley Walsh. Bradley Walsh is the king of what he does because hes Bradley Walsh.

We're a big family. We all want to see each other win. But I don't introduce myself as LeBron James' friend. I'm Rich Paul. You have to respect me first.

It's easier to be Eric Idle than to be Paul McCartney.

I don't feel like we have that Paul McCartney gene, and I think the cool thing about us is that we know it.

I definitely had to pave my own path, which wasn't always the easiest thing to do.

I want to pave my own path artistically.

I feel like I'm just trying to pave my own lane and just kind of make my own sound.

I know someone might look at a creative person's job and think it's pretty fun. It is. It's the best thing in the world, but it's also extremely challenging to carve out your own completely unique path and not following a default path that someone else has already paved.

Conor McGregor has a beard because of me, because I'm the one who allowed it. If it wasn't for me, none of these guys would have a beard. The same thing with the belly. Fighters who don't look like bodybuilders wouldn't be in the UFC if it wasn't for me. There's a lot of things I've definitely paved the road for.

I was real into Devo, Pavement, Captain Beefheart, and the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion.

I'm not 'Will's brother' anymore. Will is my brother. I'm paving the way for all middle children out there.

I am a fiercely independent person, and I am no one's pawn.

When I approached my own movies, I went in it real innocent. I didn't pay attention to nobody else's score. I was just going to do it with how I feel it should sound. To me, that's how you create new things.

Some people kind of get lost in what everyone else is doing and not pay attention to themselves, and I think I'm one where I pay attention to myself and can set the example for the people coming up.

I think there's a danger in letting someone else shape how you're going to approach a player. Every person has somebody who's going to say something negative about them, you know? If you pay attention to all that stuff instead of seeing it for your own eyes, you can miss out on some opportunities.

The characteristics of people according to their star sign are similar, and we pay attention to how we can get the best out of them.

I don't really pay attention to WWE stuff as it's just not for me.

I don't know, I really try not to pay attention to comparisons, 'cause I'm my own artist. I try to build my own sound.

I'm not Ryan Seacrest. If I want people to pay attention to me, I have to just eat scorching-hot food.

If I'm paying money to come to see you, you shouldn't look like everybody else in the crowd.

I'd like to make mistakes on my own dime and not have a herd of people tell me what I'm doing wrong. and I'm also still trying to find and develop my voice as a filmmaker, and I think that's easier to do on your own terms than trying to satisfy a bunch of people that are paying for the movie.

I gave in to the idea of paying attention to what you like and letting it help you make better stuff.