Quotes About Uniqueness

I feel I am strange to all but the birds of America.

You got a snaggletooth? Show it off. You have an overbite? Bite some more.

Almost anyone can give me the willies. Man or woman, Asian, black or white, young or old.

Blackness is not a monolith. We are not homogenous people; we are not all the same.

As long as you do the best work that you can and not make it bland... because you're going down a lane that is trying to make everybody happy. You have to take an angle on these things.

I wanted to blend in 'cause I knew I was different.

I think a lot of the time when you just see a lot of beautiful girls it kind of just all blends in together. You want something about yourself to stand out.

I'm not a blender. I don't like people who blend into society.

I think I am different from most blind people because my agility is not that of a blind person - I don't shuffle my feet when I walk. In fact, I have no, as I call them, 'blindisms.'

There are a lot of great musicians in the world, but there is only, and will only ever be, one Bob Marley.

I'm not Bob; there will never be another Bob Marley; nobody can compete, including myself.

It sounds lonely being Bob Dylan, because Bob Dylan likes being around other Bob Dylans, and there are not many other Bob Dylans around.

We are not afraid to be a bit different, to make shades that are bold.

Bombay is different to Liverpool, or anywhere, really.

I want to build a brand for myself and get booked for being me, while others will get booked for being them.

Name any name and then remember everybody you ever knew who bore that name. Are they all alike. I think so.

I think if everyone looked the same, it would be a bit boring.

I think everyone else is boring. And I'm not boring.

Perfect is boring.

I don't think I was born beautiful. I just think I was born me.

Obviously the biggest change is that it's me by myself. When you don't have another band interpreting your songs or playing them the way that they have, it's bound to sound different.

Never apologise for not being someone else. You're bound to find something you're good at, even if it's only writing stories.

I never try to create a different personality or anything like that. I'm not like David Bowie or somebody like that, who changes personas each year.

I'm not a rude boy; I'm my own thing.