Quotes About Originality

I am Evanescence. I am the only original member. I have basically hired the band. Evanescence has become me. It is mine and it's exactly how I want it to be.

All creative people want to do the unexpected.

I came to terms with not fitting in a long time ago. I never really fitted in. I don't want to fit in. And now people are buying into that.

Once you free your mind about the concept of harmony and of music being correct, you can do whatever you want. So nobody told me what to do, and there was no preconception of what to do.

The worst thing you can do is say to yourself, "I want to be just like somebody else." You have to absorb knowledge from someone else, but ultimately you have to find your own voice.

Do what you want to do, and don't worry if it's a little odd or doesn't fit the market.

People started coining the phrase, 'Bubba Golf,' whatever you want to call it, which I like. 'Bubba Golf' is going to be fun. I mean, why do what everybody else does? That's boring.

I try to make things more interesting. I want to inject a little bit of excitement. I try to do the show for the sake of the show itself, not to make money. Fashion isn't always about making money.

As a creator, I always want to betray fans expectations.

Do not go into trends. Do not allow fashion take you over, choose who you want to be and what do you want to show with your clothes and lifestyle.

Rules are invented for lazy people who don't want to think for themselves.

Many artists in Mexico fight to be the Latina Madonna. I don't want that! Never! Maybe she's the American Gloria Trevi!

Don't write what you think people want to read. Find your voice and write about what's in your heart.

Basically, I hate conformity. I hate people telling me what to do. It makes me want to smash things. So-called normal behaviour patterns make me so bored, I could throw up!

Why not do something strange and different for once? Artists can do whatever they want!

I can't paint the way they want me to paint and they know that too.

Making an album should be an honest experience. It shouldn't be about trying to gauge where popular music is today; it should be about artistic expression and putting down what you want to put down.

Style is whatever you want to do, if you can do it with confidence.

Talent does whatever it wants to do. Genius does only what it can.

Be yourself. It's the most important part of anything that you do. It's not fashion. It can be whatever you want to do.

Analysis is like a lobotomy. Who wants to have all their edges shaved off?

I've never felt like I needed to change. I've always thought, 'If you want somebody different, pick somebody else.'

People shouldn't notice what you're wearing before they notice you. You want people to register you first. 'Oh, what a nice jacket' should be an afterthought if you're doing it right.

If all your life means to you is water running over rocks, then photograph it, but I want to create something that would not have existed without me.