Quotes About Originality

Almost all new ideas have a certain aspect of foolishness when they are first produced.

I can't tell you how satisfying it is to have something that is your own idea get produced and then become successful.

'Take It EZ' was actually the first video I ever produced for.

I'm not interested in being the producer of somebody else's song.

Every song that is a Hopsin song, I 100 percent made it. Nobody helped me. There was no producer to say, 'Hey, put the beat like this... ' It was all me. If the song was wack, then the song was wack. If it's dope, it is what it is.

We're a unique band, so why have a generic producer lumping you in a box with other bands that sound the same?

I feel like a lot of music producers have, like, the same toolbox. And I think, like, to me, as a producer, like, I want something to set my stuff apart.

I don't sit around listening to beats all day. There's so many producers, and so much of it is derivative.

Well, I mean there are so many producers that inspire me. I used to try to imitate production by certain people. And now I'm only interested in doing the opposite of that. I'm only interested in doing production that like no one's ever done before.

I do not like people writing songs and then other people singing them. A lot of people don't even sing their own songs anymore. It's like producers these days have ghost producers; 'I don't produce, but I am a producer.'

I think it's good that producers are showing more ways to show their artistry and be more the artist, you know? Not just the producer in the back making the beats.

We were very creative. There was nothing contrived about us. No one telling us what to do, what to wear, what to sing. We wrote our own material, chose our producers.

For 'Kabir Singh,' an entirely original album had to be done and that's how music should be made, but unfortunately that does not happen as the labels and the producers are more interested in fast food music.

Israel produces more conceptual products than any other country.

Nobody really produces my albums.

How I hate those who are dedicated to producing conformity.

I've always been a great believer that you have to keep producing new things in order to keep life interesting - not only for ourselves, but for the audience as well. That's really always been our principle and way of working.

I always make music as an art - it's never been a product for me.

Authenticity from a person and product is absolutely essential.

What you do, you don't think of as a product.

I think part of what made the original 'Sufferfest' charming was the extremely low production value. It was all shaky handheld footage from Cedar.

I think all artists have a different story to tell, and no story is the same.

Always do something different. Always different things.

I don't want to be the next anyone. I just want to be me, now. And that means all different things.