Quotes About Originality

I try to make things that are fresh and different, even if they are inspired by classic things.

I don't ever want to be inspired by someone else. I want to be inspired by myself.

I'm inspired by anyone who's honest in their own expression, people who truly beat to the rhythm of their own drum.

I'm inspired by people who are unapologetically themselves, from Bill Cosby to Fahim Anwar. Just funny people.

I was inspired by lots of people, certainly in acting and in writing and stuff, but I never wanted to be somebody else.

I have been inspired by countless artists over the years, but there's also times when you just gotta make your own inspiration.

Educators shouldn't be afraid of cliches. You know why? Because kids don't know most of them! They're a new audience. And they're inspired by cliches.

I am not influenced by other human beings. But I am inspired.

I just want to creatively grow and be inspired. I don't want to do anything generic or dumb.

I think of other artists as generous when I get inspired by their work. That's why I like curating. You don't want to take someone else's art and have your way with it. You've got to be respectful of them.

My mom definitely inspires me. She's just crazy when it comes to her fashion sense.

My sister Miley really inspires me because she's all about being herself.

When Ariana Grande was starting out, everyone was like, 'You're just like Mariah Carey!' She inspires me so much because she just kept going and made her own name, and no one even says that anymore.

I wasn't part of any movement. I was working alone, following my instinct.

You have to be true to your instinctive way of writing. You have to find your identity.

Be true to yourself and go with your instincts - don't be somebody you're not just to fit in.

My parents have always taught me to be myself and to follow my instincts.

I've always said that I use my voice as an instrument. It was something I created myself, and I said, 'Have voice, will travel.'

I tried to embrace the concept of the sampler as an instrument, looking at how to take it artistically to another place where it can be appreciated, more than just taking someone's song and doing a 4-bar loop.

I have to hear more live instrumentation, more band and more funk, and I don't hear enough of it, so I created it myself.

We write our own songs, play our own instruments.

Confounding people's expectations was a way to maintain integrity.

You have to be ahead of your game, and in industry that is a different condition than in art. If you make things in an intelligent way and then they are replicated, that's a beautiful thing. If you make things in a bad way and they are replicated, the wrong is multiplied.

I intend to be me. Whatever that is.