Quotes About Originality

Fake is, like, the worst word you could possibly use to describe anything, you know?

How do you possibly say that a cover band is better than the band that created and wrote the material? It's absurd.

If I start trying to make a record for what I think could possibly get played on radio, I'm dead.

I always naturally want to change things up if I possibly can. I never want to write a sequel to a book. I don't want to go back over things. I don't want to adapt my own books for the screen. That's something that's important to me, the keeping it fresh.

I just believe that whatever I post should be my content.

Never post boring back-to-back selfies.

I want to be a poster boy for the uncool.

Anytime there's originality and comedy combined, it's very potent for people who love comedy.

I've just simply used what I've used because of the great, great expressive potential of it.

Restorers of paintings and pottery follow a code of conduct in their work to distinguish the original material from what they are adding later.

People expect me to live in a picture-perfect Pottery Barn kind of place, but I don't like anything traditional.

'That's Not Me' video cost me 80 English pounds.

I have to continue to be different and stand my ground in this division until I'm done at 154 pounds.

What is genius but the power of expressing a new individuality?

I think there's something really powerful about being yourself.

To be a successful Viner, you have to find your own style and be consistent. That will help you stand out from the rest.

If Brian Eno wanted to make a record, I'd definitely clear some time in my calendar. John Cale, too. Those guys consistently make great records, always doing their own thing.

I'm not a tabula rasa type. In some ways, the more constraints I have, the work is more interesting to me.

I guess the bottom line is I don't make music that is consumed en masse.

I'm not going to conform to some consumer need.

Consumers and retailers should always beware of imitators.

The kind of content I want to be part of is hardly made.

I chose to do art in the way I always do it, which is with all the crazy contradictions of life in there.

I knew I wanted to be a fashion writer but didn't want to contribute to the over-saturated market unless I could contribute in a meaningful way.