Quotes About Uniqueness

I never accepted the idea that I had to be guided by some pattern or blueprint.

There's been a boiling down of real emotion into a set pattern instead of individualism.

I wouldn't say there is one guy that I would say patterns himself after me.

When I first started writing songs, I did play with my fingers, and I had these kind of weird strums. There's, like, three or four strumming patterns that seemed kind of unique to me.

I am not Dr. Ron Paul. I am not Dr. Ron Paul, Jr. I am not Dr. Ron Paul Lite.

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.

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

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'm not doubtful that I am doing what I should be doing - writing for theater - and that I'm doing it in a way no one else does it. Whether anyone else is paying attention or anyone else cares, I'm still ambivalent about that. It's still an open question.

The world is put back by the death of every one who has to sacrifice the development of his or her peculiar gifts to conventionality.

I thought it was something peculiar to me. I thought I was abnormal.

Of course the female experience is different from those of our male peers - just like every woman's story is different from their fellow females.

I have always been a pencil.

The Pentagon isn't a place that champions individuality and innovation.

I feel like when I try to fit in, it comes across as not genuine, and that is not good. I'd rather just do me and have people say, 'Oh. That's interesting,' than try to fit in.

I am not bothered what people say. You have always different opinions.

I've had people say things to me like, 'Don't change.' I don't know how to be anything other than myself.

People say I'm a one-note actor, but the way I figure it, those other guys are just looking for that one right note.

Many people say to me, particularly about my dance writing, 'It sounds just like you.' But it sounds just like me after I've made it sound like me.