Quotes About Originality

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 don't feel like we have that Paul McCartney gene, and I think the cool thing about us is that we know it.

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 know someone might look at a creative person's job and think it's pretty fun. It is. It's the best thing in the world, but it's also extremely challenging to carve out your own completely unique path and not following a default path that someone else has already paved.

Conor McGregor has a beard because of me, because I'm the one who allowed it. If it wasn't for me, none of these guys would have a beard. The same thing with the belly. Fighters who don't look like bodybuilders wouldn't be in the UFC if it wasn't for me. There's a lot of things I've definitely paved the road for.

I definitely think we paved the way for other girl groups. We did it very much on our own terms without kowtowing to all the men in the business or being told what to do by anyone. For that we feel very proud.

Everything we've ever done has been for artistry's sake, and for the greater good and paying homage to those who came before us and paving the way for those who come after us.

When I approached my own movies, I went in it real innocent. I didn't pay attention to nobody else's score. I was just going to do it with how I feel it should sound. To me, that's how you create new things.

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.

It is all about being open and paying attention to the music in your head. I think most people have original music playing in their heads from time to time.

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.

It's all run by one person, but, real talk, Brandon McCartney is a book author, the Based God is perfect and Lil B is the trendsetter, the person that everyone follows and pays attention to.

'The Disaster Artist' book is the peak of my career in many ways, but there's something so rewarding about creating something from scratch.

I try to get to those peculiar and particular things that you never think of to say.

I enjoy doing complicated or peculiar people.

I'm not into having a pedigree dog.

I've always loved the idea of not being what people expect me to be.

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

I don't want to say I hate remixes, because I don't, but I hate what instantly comes to mind now when people say 'remixes.'

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.

There's only one rule in stand-up, which is that you have to be funny. Yet 99 per cent of comics look and talk exactly the same.