Quotes About Originality

From the beginning, with our first album, we wanted to make the music that maybe was lacking around us - the music that we wanted to hear.

Very seldom in my fiction have I directly used the stories people have told me. I think ripping off people's lives in fiction is dangerous. It also lacks imagination.

We're not just 'ladies in rock.' We're weird people!

I just want a lady who can be themselves, it's not a cookie cutter criteria that a woman should fall under.

Be like Sasha Fierce. Be like Miley Cyrus. Be like Rihanna. Be like Lady Gaga. Be like Rita Ora and Sia. Be like Madonna. I cannot be like them, except to the extent that they are already being like me.

Lady Gaga has a very unjaded intelligence. It's brilliant, 'cause it's anti-snob.

I used to like Lady Gaga. I still love her. But what I like about LMFAO is that they're completely outside of the box; they're completely different. They're not ridiculous, but they are not afraid of it. And also, it's a certain type of artistry.

She's got her own thing going, Lady Gaga is a genius as a fashion icon.

As for Lady GaGa, she's just a copy of Madonna.

This is all me. That's why all my products come in this dragon egg literally 'cause I'm like, I laid an egg for you, girl. Every little last detail is so Nikita and extra and wild. I'm creating things I've always wanted to see in the beauty industry.

I've always been against trying to make a movie like another movie. That's lame. It's already been done, so why do it again?

It's crucial that I kind of keep up, without drifting into the backslapping land of cliche and lifetime achievement awards.

It's important to have a good sense of style that sets you apart, so you're not just forgotten after somebody meets you.

I want to be the most melodic artist. 'His music ability, the way he write, his creativity is undeniable.' I want people to say that about me.

I think what makes me stand out from the rest is my melodic style combined with my voice, which has a distinct character to it.

The melodies I come up with, they're not normal.

As soon as I started writing the first batch, I had a vision. I saw me on stage playing a certain type of music. I want to take these blues melodies over aggressive guitars. I heard the sound I wanted to make. I knew what I wanted to do. It wasn't ever there before.

The only way I'm not going to follow other people in reggaeton is if I listen to other things. I get other melodies or sounds and put them in reggaeton and make it different.

I like inventive melodies and chord changes, a little bit of creativity.

Never be ashamed to write a melody that people remember.

In my songs, I'm not saying something that's never been said before. The have lyrics aren't going to blow people away. It's the emotion and the melody that drive it home.

Innovating something that is familiar. That's the general approach, and that's what I want to do with the melody as well. It should ring true - you should like every melody sequence without knowing what's happening next.

I've wanted to do a Christmas song for years but thought every lyric and melody had been written.

Sometimes memorable music doesn't necessarily have to be a hit.