Quotes About Originality

As an artist, I'm always on the hunt for clothes no one else has.

Just because you go to Burning Man doesn't make you Hunter Thompson.

Artwork is not like a commercial business; there is no such thing as a schedule for art. You can't hurry art.

Don't compromise even if it hurts to be yourself.

I do not have body doubles like Saddam Hussein had.

You don't really need a lot of hype and to be famous to sell songs.

Honestly, the only reason 'Ice Cream' happened was because it wasn't a commercial film.

I don't know if I have a specific style icon.

I don't have a lot of style icons. There are not a lot of people today who I look to.

Nothing surpasses the beauty and elegance of a bad idea.

I think it's very important to do things the way you want to do them and be true to yourself, your own goals, and your own ideals.

Creativity comes from a conflict of ideas.

Geniuses don't have better ideas than the rest of us. They just have more of them.

You have to find an identity that's true to yourself. You really have to find your own voice.

I have a lot of respect for all the artists I get compared to, even if, as an artist, you prefer to have your own identity.

I was determined to create my own identity. My first hits, in fact, were straight-up rhythm and blues. My voice was compared to Aretha Franklin's - though, for my money, no one compares to Aretha.

We're never going to write an 'American Idiot' song.

I felt like I got more comfortable on 'Idol' when I just started being myself and not trying to be what I thought I had to be.

I just want to show that you don't have to be changing yourself 100 percent to be someone that you're not. You don't have to change yourself to be someone like your idol. You can be someone's idol just by being you. But also, it takes a lot of work and time to be that sort of person.

I have always idolized eccentric people.

Female artists I love the most are Fiona Apple, Paramour and Regina Spektor - those girls that really write amazing songs themselves, and they're younger and cool. I'm not quite sure I could ever write songs like any of them, but if I could, I would.

Most movies use older actors, but I thought, if I could just put kids on camera and get them to be themselves, what could be easier?

If I could say anything to anybody out there thinking of creating their own content is to always, always, come from a place of authenticity.

You either ignore the comic book and make a great movie or you stay very close to the comic book.