Quotes About Originality

I hated being compared to others.

Everything was based on my life and the way I grew up. Some of the bits I'm most proud of in 'Haters Back Off' actually happened.

By definition, when you make something no one hates, no one loves it.

When I did 'Slacker,' I didn't own cowboy hats or boots. I was like, 'That's not me.'

I'm not trying to conform. I'm gonna be a serious guy but still have fun at the same time.

If you're having fun being yourself and filming something that you would watch yourself, it becomes contagious for other people to watch, too.

You can't brand an artiste and take away the fact that he or she wants to do something genuinely different.

I don't need a sensationalized headline to sell music or to bring attention to my music. It's the music and it's always been about the music.

Being the new Eddy Merckx is not something I want to hear. I want to be somebody new.

All the 'Scarface' beats that you hear Mobb Deep sample, that was my idea.

When I hear people who love my music and are trying to copy it, it sounds strange to me because it sounds so simple, made by other people. It took me a lot of years to find the balance, to find a way to be on the edge of being accessible but at the same time having the echo of a deep, more complex world.

People have heard my music, but all my famous songs were made famous by somebody else... But that was my goal.

I ain't heard anyone play like I do in my band and I am very happy about that.

I think I always had a musicality, and I think I could tell a good song from a bad song. And I would appreciate hearing something that was new to me.

I wanted to make something that I wanted to hear that I wasn't hearing.

It's tough hearing your voice on the radio, on a chorus, and knowing that people think it's another artist.

Never try to copy other writers, and never try to have a formula. It has to come from your heart and soul.

If I heard someone else singing like me, I would buy it in a heartbeat.

For us the acceptance of audience is important, we won't keep making sequel after sequel just for the heck of it.

It feels otherworldly to wear heels and makeup. Why fit in when you can stand out?

It's helpful to have a handbag that's a bit crazy, or shoes that have kiwis on them or something, because it distracts.

I'm helping country sound a little more country.

I liked Hemingway better before I began to be called 'Hemingwayesque.'

I can't watch formulaic films and hence, won't write or make one such film.