Quotes About Uniqueness

Other people pull off amazing festivals and events and things like that. I think ours is a little bit different, and that's what makes us distinct.

I remember working with Agyness Deyn. At the time, she was the only one who had short hair as a model. I remember being so envious of her because we would all be getting our hair pulled for two hours backstage, and she was getting a new haircut almost every other show.

Australians love to pump you up when you're nobody. Then, when you start to put your head above water and say, 'Well, actually, I am a bit different, I am an individual and I do have a particular talent', or whatever, they want to go after you. But the good news is that once you reach a certain level, I think they start to leave you alone.

We've never tried to be anybody else but Five Finger Death Punch.

'Punk' doesn't mean Mohawks and safety pins. It's about not conforming.

I know a little about CM Punk in that he does his own thing. I'm inspired by people who do that in their own life. That they just do their own thing no matter what the consequences are.

I can't live in a world of dullards. So I think on that level, I'm definitely punk.

I say to my pupils, 'You can pitch me any thing you've got, but tell me why you're the only person who can write it in the world. Keep digging.'

I'm like Madonna: I'm Ming-Na. Just my first and middle name. That's it. Pure and simple.

I have never liked the 'Been there done that' thing... You hear that all the time from people, and I think it's just based on pure insecurity... Each person is going to have their own unique take on something.

I know that whatever I put out, whether people think it's pop or noise or whatever, it's always going to be some kind of a freak or mutation. It's not going to be anything pure that a lot of people will relate to. And that's fine.

I grew up in the Bible Belt and I made my own clothes and dyed my hair purple. Nobody ever knew what to do with me.

My hair is always going to be purple; that's kind of my thing. It doesn't matter what length I make it, as long as it's purple.

For me, every project is different, and it serves a different purpose.

Everyone should pursue whatever is original in oneself. That's the way for a long life in music.

You can go lots of places as Gaius Baltar that other people aren't allowed to pursue.

I don't want to be trending. Instead of pursuing ideas of being more radio-friendly and... commercial, I want to go harder at being more creative.

I'm always trying to push the envelope and go with a different hairstyle that you're not going to see on anybody else. I have a really good grade of hair, and I can do a lot of different things with it.

I think I always have been someone who likes to push at the edges of things, looking for something different.

I'm attracted to seeing how different I can be, pushing the boat out.

If people respect us as artists, they know we'll give them something different every time; they know we're pushing ourselves.

No one could put my personality in a box. I didn't necessarily fit in.

I just make my Boosie music and that puts me in my own lane.

There are a lot of stuff on the record that I am thinking is generic but actually it is just as good as everybody else who is putting stuff out at the time.